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September 26, 2023

IBA Agriculture and Food Section Shares “Responsible Land-Based Investments in Agriculture: Latin America” Recording and Announces IBA Annual Conference Sessions

The ACTA Group

The International Bar Association (IBA) Agriculture and Food Section (AFS) is sponsoring two sessions at the IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023, covering the increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as it impacts global food security and ways to protect biodiversity through legal instruments.

Antimicrobial resistance regulation in the context of one health: how legislation can help reduce AMR, Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CET), AFS is lead sponsor.

This session will explore the legal and policy challenges of preventing the increase of AMR while feeding a growing world population and meeting global food security concerns. Speakers include:

Biodiversity — our life source, not just a resource: new legal instruments to protect and restore, Thursday, November 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. (CET), AFS is co-sponsor.

This session will discuss how biodiversity can be protected amidst economic drivers, lawsuits, and extractive industries.  Speakers include:

Registration for IBA Paris is open now. The AFS focuses on the complex law and policy issues invited by the imperative to feed the planet, to do so equitably, and to do so effectively in a time of climate change and during/post a global pandemic. Please e-mail lbergeson@lawbc.com for more information about the AFS.