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On Monday, December 20, 2021, FAO’s Dryland Forestry team hosted the webinar “Climate action after COP26: Gender responsiveness from local to global” as part of the Forestry Technical Network (FTN) series. The FTN is a network aiming to ensure a high standard of technical expertise through the promotion of innovative practices [...]

Boosting the capacity of forests and agrosilvopastoral systems in drylands to alleviate poverty and contribute to food security was the focus of an expert meeting during the second session of the Committee on Forestry's Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems this week. Drylands cover 41 percent of the world’s [...]

Women everywhere are fundamental reservoirs of knowledge, expertise and skills. Even more so, rural women, possess finetuned capacities and understandings that are essential to sustaining food systems and preserving the environment, offering innovative tools to progress forward. On 15 October 2021, International Day of Rural Women, members of the WeCaN Community of Practice were asked to speak their [...]

¡La nueva Comunidad de Práctica weCaN para mujeres en regiones de tierras secas inició su primer taller ayer, 29 de septiembre de 2021, dando la bienvenida a casi 50 miembros de todo el mundo! Lo que inicialmente comenzó como ocho países surgió rápidamente en dieciséis en 4 regiones, en el [...]

Forestry discussion paper launched at UN Food Systems Summit in New York

El martes 29 de julio de 2021, el equipo forestal de tierras secas de la FAO organizó el seminario web "Tierras secas: en la encrucijada entre el cambio climático y el conflicto" como parte de la serie de la Red Técnica Forestal (FTN). La FTN es una red que tiene [...]

JOINT NEWS RELEASE 13 July 2021, Accra - A data collection and analysis initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) has revealed 7 billion trees outside forests for the first time, among other findings. The survey is the first consistent [...]

Once more, the Dryland Forestry team cut across silos and joined efforts with the Land and Water Division of FAO to celebrate Desertification and Drought Day! One-quarter of the global land area is already affected by land degradation to some degree, to which around 12 million hectares are added every year. [...]

On 3 June 2021, FAO’s Forestry Division held a side event at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). This year, the Forum celebrated the importance of Drylands and the need for their restoration in order to contribute to the achievement of the rallying call of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. [...]

Launch of the FAO-led, Global Environment Facility-funded initiative paves the way for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration The global launch of a $104 million initiative signals an ambitious effort by a range of partners to safeguard drylands in the context of climate change, fragile ecosystems, biodiversity loss, and deforestation in 11 [...]