When it comes to food and agriculture data, FAO is one of the world leaders in knowledge.

Women and men frequently have differing roles, responsibilities and priorities in their use, knowledge and experience of forests. This knowledge can offer critical inputs to policy and field interventions that will enable the long-term success of REDD+ an

More than 30 people, including farmers, producers and representatives of the civil society of the Codpa Valley, gathered in the town of Cerro Blanco to build the first phase of "The Arica Picaflor Route"

29-30 January 2020. FAO hosted the first Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Agency Partner Meeting to discuss the design of the Global Platform for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL) under GEF-7.

FAO, in partnership with the Department of Environment (DoE) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, today launched a new project that will strengthen Bangladesh’s capacity to monitor environmental emissions.

As part of the work that the Endangered Species Conservation Initiative has been developing in relation to the last population of the Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus ) in Central Chile, the project team carried out the installation of the cameras.

A Farmer Field School (FFS) programme is being implemented in 20 villages of Labutta township including Loke Taung village to promote CSA techniques on rice and green gram cultivation.

GEF-funded project in Iran helped Fatemeh discover her potential for business.

GEF-FAO fishery project makes remarkable progress in protecting international waters’ biodiversity

Celebrating encouraging results from the FAO-GEF Common Oceans ABNJ Program

FAO and partners work to restore mangroves through the global Coastal Fisheries Initiative

A total of 100 agricultural producers representing the communes belonging to the SIPAN Network in the Alto Andina and Cordillera Pehuenche Macrozones attended the First National Meeting of the SIPAN Network, "Promoting Our Agricultural Heritage", co-organ

FAO's Life and Nature project is empowering women by improving female farmer’s decision-making and enhancing the equal participation, representation, and rights of women.

The 57th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council and the 27th Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF) Council have approved a funding of USD 61.5 million and USD 13.6 million respectively to support FAO’s work.

FAO and GEF team up in new project to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available

New funding boosts efforts to combat deforestation, desertification, climate change and strengthen food systems

Based on information provided by 91 countries and 27 international organizations, analysis of global literature and datasets, and contributions from over 175 authors and reviewers, The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture assesses bi

The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project completes a five-year programme of high seas shark assessments

Accra, Ghana, 23rd January 2019. The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project's electronic monitoring pilot in Ghana has come to an end.

Funded by GEF, FAO is implementing a five-year project on “Sustainable cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar” aiming to build the capacity of farming and forestry stakeholders to mitigate climate change and improve land co