Plenary Sessions
Tuesday, 13 May
| 08:30-09:00 | Welcome & introduction to the day |
| The dream about the world, in which diversity and variety is a value according to which all the people live and where genetically modified organisms have no place, connected the speakers of Planet Diversity during the opening speeches. | |
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 | 'The real dream is that we all get connected in our diversity.' (English) |
 | 'To celebrate the otherness of others...' (English) |
 | 'Ich wünsche mir für uns viel Mut und Kraft, dass unsere Traum Wirklichkeit wird.' (German) |
 | 'Ich träume von einer gentechnikfreien Welt...' (German) |
 | 'The dream I have carried is already fulfilled because there is a new generation ready...' (English) |
 | Dreams of the Participants 'I want to work to create the agriculture in which all people have the kind of food and the kind of life they want to live.' (Dream from Japan) |
| 09:00-11:00 | The Paradigm of Diversity |
 | Parichart Suwanbubbha: The Spirit of Diversity - common and divergent ethical approaches Video File (English) |
 | Jacob v. Uexkull: Diversity and the right livelihood of future generations Audio File (mp3, 18 MB, German) Presentation (pdf, 63 KB, English) Video File (English) |
 | Michael Ableman: Fields of plenty - a farmers journey to gardens of hope around the globe Audio File (mp3, 15 MB, German) Speech (pdf, 6,6 MB, English) Video file (English) View Michael Ableman's pictures |
 | Hans Herren: Diversity and complexity - Small solutions, global visions, common knowledge Audio File (mp3, 10 MB, German) Presentation (pdf, 1,7 MB, English) |
 | Suprabha Seshan: Take a walk on the wild side - reflecting diversity inside and outside Audio File (mp3, 11 MB, German) Presentation (pdf, 9,5 MB, English) Speech (pdf, 45 KB, English) |
| 16:30-19:00 | Diversity at Work: Food Sovereignty and Small Farmers' Successes |
 | Helmy Abouleish: Greening the desert - an organic success story from Egypt Audio File (mp3, 14 MB, German) Presentation (pdf, 1,8 MB, English) |
 | Miguel Altieri: Latin American biodiverse farms: an ecological planetary asset Audio File (mp3, 13 MB, German) Speech (pdf, 43 KB, English) |
 | Paulo Petersen: Exchange of practical experiences in alternative agriculture, locally and globally |
 | Farida Akther: Village to village, step by step, seed exchange in Bangladesh |
Wednesday, 14 May
08:30-09:00 | Introduction to the dayGünter Altner and Mohamed Habib: The soul of diversity, a trans-religious exercise |
| Audio File (mp3, German) Part 1 (905 KB) Part 2 (10 MB) Speech (pdf, 468 KB, German) |
 | Mohamed Habib Audio File (mp3, 7MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 1,4 MB, English) |
| 9:00-11:00 | Regional self-determination Local, Diverse, GMO-free |
 | Maya Graf, Swiss Parliament & GM morat. initiative Switzerland: GMO-free by democratic vote |
 | Susanna Cenni, Agriculture Minister of Tuscany, Italy: European GMO-free Regions - a considered choice |
Edenia Montaño Salgado, Zenú Nation, Colombia: No transgenicos on our territory - in defense of sacred food and land Audio File (mp3, 4 MB, Spanish) Presentation (pdf, 1MB, Spanish) | |
 | Dr. Amadou K. Coulibaly, Mali: Africa needs smart technologies, not GMOs Audio File (mp3, 11 MB, French) Presentation (pdf, 1,2 MB, French) |
 | Dr. Vijayan, Kerala India: Why Kerala is a GMO-free State of India |
 | Lyudmilla Stebenkova, Moscow-Duma, Russia: GMO-free Moscow Audio File (mp3, 3 MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 1,3 MB, English) |
 | Shinji Asada, former vice-governor of Hokkaido, Japan: How Hokkaido protects its farmers from GMOs Audio File (mp3, 6 MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 720 KB, English) |
| 16:15-18:00 | Seeds of hope |
 | Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Philippines: Indigenous seed development and sharing Audio File (mp3, 9 MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 553 KB, English) |
 | Edith Lammerts van Bueren, The Netherlands: Organic breeding in Europe Audio File (mp3, 7 MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 3,2 MB, English) |
 | Alejandro Argumedo, Peru: The Andean potato network Audio File (mp3, 7 MB, Spanish) Presentation (pdf, 2 MB, English) |
Jacob Nellithanam, India: Community rights and seed sovereignty in Andra Pradesh |
Thursday. 15 May
08:30-9:00
| Introduction to the dayVandana Shiva: Food security, food sovereignty and climate change Audio File (mp3, 14 MB, English) Background: The Manifesto on Climate Change and Food Security (pdf) by the International Commission in the Future of Food |
| 09:00-9:40 | Diversity and Climate Change |
 | Hartmut Graßl: How to reduce agriculture's global warming impact |
 | Eric Holt-Giménez: Food First - campesinos, agro fuels and sustainability Audio File (mp3, 13 MB, English) Presentation (pdf, 1 MB, English) |
| 17:00-19:00 | Strategies for a Diverse FutureRepresentatives from movements to be decided, among them: |
 | Mamadou Goita, Mali: The small farmers' agenda |
 | Guy Kastler, France: The seed agenda |
 | P.V. Sateesh, India: The GMO agenda |
| Diverse Women: The women agenda Audio File (mp3): in English part 1 English part 2 English part 3 PDF: Read the Statement |
| Eric Holt-Giménez, USA: the Agrofuel Agenda |
 | Florianne Koechlin, Switzerland: Planet Diversity Demands
Audio File (mp3): speech in English (400 KB) speech in German (850 KB) |
 | Christine von Weizäcker, Germany: Statement on MOP4 negotiations |
 | Michiyo Koketsu, Japan: Presentation and endorsement of a Planet Diversity Manifesto |
 | Pipo Lernoud: Wrap-up poem and take home message Audio File (mp3, 2 MB, English) The poem (pdf, 83 KB, English) |
