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Vanuatu: Early reports suggest vast majority of crops destroyed
FAO calls for emergency support for farmers to rebuild livelihoods
20.03.2015 Rome, Italy
Strong winds, heavy rains and floods resulting from Tropical Cyclone Pam have caused extensive damage to agriculture throughout Vanuatu, including the main food and export crops, livestock, and fisheries infrastructure, FAO said today.
According to initial rapid assessments that the Vanuatu government led in four provinces, the banana crop throughout the country has been almost entirely destroyed, as have most coconuts and all of the inland cabbage plants and leafy vegetables....
Fighting illegal fishing in Tonga
20.03.2015 Tonga
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing continues to threaten effective conservation and management of fish stocks in the wider Pacific Region. IUU fishing is causing economic and social losses for the Pacific Countries and negatively impacts their food security and livelihoods.
FAO, Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Tongan Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFFF) are working together to implement the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures...
On International Day of Forests, Asia and the Pacific needs to stop for a breath of fresh air
20.03.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
With pollution levels off the charts in some Asian cities and haze from forest fires blanketing much of Southeast Asia, this year’s International Day of Forests on 21st March reminds us what’s at stake if countries don't get more serious in dealing with deforestation and climate change, an official at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.
“The present efforts to address climate change clearly need to be stepped...
Training in organic farming and food production for farmers in Samoa
19.03.2015 Savai'i, Samoa
FAO is cooperating with a local non-government organization to promote and up-scale organic farming and food production for farming communities with protected areas in Savaii, Samoa.
Women in Business Development (WIBDI) is an NGO that helps rural families develop sustainable businesses which will make the most of their farm-based resources.
Villages recently decided to conserve the cloud forests by establishing Community Conservation Areas in the highlands of Savaii. In order to improve...
Publication: 2014 Rapid Biodiversity Assessment, Socioeconomic Study and Archaeological Survey of the Greater Delaikoro Area
19.03.2015 Fiji
FAO provides technical assistance towards improved management of conservation and protected areas in Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and Niue.
In Fiji, the Greater Delaikoro Area is an upland region spanning the main mountain range of Vanua Levu, encompassing Mt Sorolevu (1,032m) Mt Delaikoro (928m), and the Waisali Reserve. This region is under consideration as a Protected Area.
The 2014 Rapid Biodiversity Assessment, Socioeconomic Study and Archaeological Survey of the Greater Delaikoro Area is...
Forests and trees sustain and protect us in invaluable ways. They provide the clean air that we breathe and the water that we drink. They host and safeguard the planet’s biodiversity and act as our natural defence against climate change. First observed in 2013, the International Day of Forests (IDF) provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests.
The theme...
Down for the count – FAO member countries in Asia-Pacific work to improve agricultural and rural statistics to help fight hunger, malnutrition
17.03.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
Participants from 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific are working together, with technical support from FAO under the frame work of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics, to develop better methods in the gathering of statistics to ensure more and accurate information is available to help fight hunger and under-nutrition, an official of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today.
The Global...
Striking a balance on developing bioenergy and growing crops for food security
17.03.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
While the price of fossil fuels has seen a considerable fall in recent months, demand for bioenergy products is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, alongside the growth of crops for food, a senior official with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.
Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, made the comments during a Keynote presentation to a gathering of Thai...
Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines to help in the Pacific
13.03.2015 Noumea, New Caledonia
FAO presented Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) at the Ninth Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Heads of Fisheries Meeting recently in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Chief of FAO’s Development Law Service, Mr. Blaise Kuemlangan, highlighted the merits of the SSF Guidelines, referring to it as “the first international instrument that is dedicated entirely to the immensely important – but until now often neglected – small scale...
Countries in Asia and the Pacific move forward with ecologically sustainable intensification of aquaculture to help feed a rapidly growing, fish-consuming world
13.03.2015 Bangkok, Thailand
Six countries in Asia are taking the lead in collaboration with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to deliver “blue growth” – a regional initiative which aims to promote the intensification of aquaculture production in an ecological and sustainable way, FAO officials announced today.
The six countries, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam are taking the lead to pilot plans to upgrade aquaculture in order to help meet...