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Currently there are more than 370 million self-identified indigenous peoples in some 70 countries around the world. They have made relevant contributions to the world´s heritage thanks to their traditional understanding of ecosystem management. However, indigenous peoples are among the world´s most vulnerable, marginalized and disadvantaged groups in the world. Indigenous peoples have repeatedly asked for a more systematic dialogue with United Nations agencies. In 2010, FAO released the "FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples", with the objective to provide guidance to the agency's various technical units and encourage staff in headquarters and in the regions, as well as staff...

Geneva - FAO participated to the United Nations System Private Sector Focal Points Meeting 2013, “Strengthening Partnership Synergies for Local Impact”, held from 24 to 25 April at the ILO Headquarters, Geneva, organized together with ILO, OCHA, UNDP, UNGC, UNICEF and UNWOMEN. The meeting brought together experts from a large number of UN agencies and the World Bank as well as business representatives of Multinational Companies and of the Global Compact local network to discuss partnering with extractive industries for local growth, business-led skills development programs, engaging the private sector in preparedness and resilience-building and country-level approaches to implementing global initiatives. The Meeting convened approximately...

Rome - En cette première Journée internationale des forêts que les Nations Unies célèbrent aujourd'hui, le Directeur général de la FAO José Graziano da Silva a proposé que les pays visent un objectif Zéro déforestation illégale dans le cadre du débat post-2015. «Dans de nombreux pays, la déforestation illégale dégrade les écosystèmes, réduit la disponibilité en eau et restreint l'offre de bois de feu, autant de facteurs qui compromettent la sécurité alimentaire, en particulier pour les pauvres», a expliqué M. Graziano da Silva lors d'une cérémonie en l'honneur de la Journée internationale des forêts. «Mettre un terme à la déforestation illégale et à la dégradation des forêts...

Geneva, 15 March, 2013 – A top-level United Nations conference has, for the first time, laid the foundations for practical and proactive national drought policies to increase resilience to the world’s most destructive natural hazard, which is being aggravated by climate change. The High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy marked the first globally-coordinated attempt to move towards science-based drought disaster risk reduction and break away from piecemeal and costly crisis-response, which often comes too late to avert death, displacement and destruction. The meeting issued a declaration encouraging governments to develop and implement national drought management policies consistent with their development objectives. It...

7 décembre 2012, Rome - Le Conseil de la FAO a approuvé, lors de sa session qui vient de s'achever, la modification de l'objectif premier de l'Organisation: désormais, il ne s'agit plus de réduire la faim mais de l'éradiquer complètement au niveau mondial. «Cet engagement sans équivoque tourne nos regards vers là où ils devraient être, a déclaré M. José Graziano da Silva, Directeur général de la FAO. «Nous ne pouvons accepter rien de moins que l'éradication de la faim, de l'insécurité alimentaire et de la malnutrition». Le Conseil, qui se réunit tous les six mois pour superviser le programme et le...