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Global collaboration unleashes expertise in Costa Rica: FAO LEAP Partnership advances implementation of innovative guidelines

Over 60 participants from 27 countries converge in San Jose, Costa Rica, and virtually to drive forward FAO Guidelines on Ecosystem Services and Circular Bioeconomy Approaches
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New FAO report maps pathways towards lower livestock emissions

Various mitigation options exist to reduce greenhouse gases while meeting increased demand for terrestrial animal-sourced foods
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FAO LEAP partnership unites scientists and experts worldwide in San Jose, Costa Rica

Two technical advisory groups of experts made up of more than 60 members will meet in Costa Rica for the development of new guidelines.
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Biodiversity guidelines among Central Asian countries: a successful training program

Around 100 experts took part in the last three trainings on quantitative assessment of livestock's impacts on biodiversity in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

The Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through harmonized methods, metrics, and data. LEAP leads a coordinated global initiative to accelerate the sustainable development of livestock supply chain and to support coherent climate actions, while contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement.

Focus areas

bio soil water nutrient road

Did you know?

 

Livestock supply chains account for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas  (GHG) emissions

 

Improved management practices could reduce emissions from livestock systems by about 30%

 

92 countries have already included livestock in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement

 

 

Latest publications

Methane emissions in livestock and rice systems

Global assessment of soil carbon in grasslands

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