29 November 2010, Rome - Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, speaking during the launch of the new FAO publication 'Gardens of Biodiversity', FAO Headquarters. Gardens of biodiversity is a publication of FAO that highlights the importance of maintaining the genetic resources of the Southern Caucasus and integrating state-of-the-art information and technologies with the traditional practices that proved to be so efficient in the past.