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North Africa abounds in traditional agricultural systems that are remarkable both for the high levels of cultivated biodiversity they represent and for the reservoir of traditional agricultural and culinary knowledge that they have been transmitting for centuries.

Agritourism, ecotourism and other forms of landscape-based tourism serves as an important driver of socio-economic growth. Itincreases and diversifies household incomes, enhances job opportunities, increases resilience of livelihoods, and helps conservenatural and cultural heritage, and pristine biodiversity across landscapes.A recent Memorandum of Understanding between UNWTO and FAO emphasizes the cross-cutting nature of tourism and therelevance of cooperation at all levels to ensure sectoral collaboration. It envisages collaborative activities among FAO’s...

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Secretariat is pleased to share the newly issued Connecting Practice Report issued by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).As part of this study, two World Heritage & Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems located in China and United Arab Emirates were included to explore, learn about, and create new methods of recognition and support for the...