01 June 2015 - World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. The WED theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care". Consuming with care means living within planetary ...

07 May 2015 - On the first of May, the Universal Exposition, Expo Milano 2015, opened. This year, the Expo is based on the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". Both food security and sustainability are at the heart of this event, which ...

27 April 2015 - The World Trade Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization will bolster their collaboration on matters related to trade and food security, offering mutual assistance on critical themes such as the functioning of international grain markets. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, met ...

10 April 2015 - The issue will be focused on "Sustainable Fisheries and Market-Based Management: Constraints and Opportunities in Less-Developed Contexts." When market-based approaches are implemented in new economic, political, social and ecological contexts, are they imported whole cloth or substantially revised? Who introduces, promotes, ...

27 March 2015 - During the 7th International Film Festival "Fishermen of the world", the FAO film on the successful project "Support to post-harvest fisheries technology" has been selected under the category "Découvertes" (Discoveries). The International Film Festival "Fishermen of the world" is an annual ...