The headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment hosts an exhibition on the Spanish Inventory of Traditional Knowledge related to Biodiversity. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Pablo Saavedra, inaugurated this exhibition and stressed that they constitute “a very useful element for the sustainable management of natural resources” and “their contribution is essential to conserve our natural heritage”.

This exhibition aims to disseminate the importance of this Inventory, responding to the commitment to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the mandate set by our regulations on biodiversity. The exhibition will be on display until October 23 in the Skylight of the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment in Atocha.

Its objective is to contribute to the preservation of traditional knowledge of interest for conservation through its dissemination, it is made up of a series of panels where the basic concepts related to traditional knowledge are described, the methodology designed for the inventory, information on the contents of its informative sheets, as well as a compilation of different popular knowledge, and more than 65 experts from 39 institutions have participated in its preparation.

After spending a week at the headquarters of the Ministry, the exhibition can be visited at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid, and from November 2 to 20 at the Casa de la Cultura in Albacete. Subsequently, it will be available at the National Center for Environmental Education (CENEAM), so that any interested institution or entity can request it.

The triptych of the exhibition as well as the publication of the Spanish Inventory of Traditional Knowledge related to biodiversity is available in digital format.