FAO is recruiting an experienced Social Protection expert to push forward its work on inclusive climate action. The success candidate will work on areas related to climate action and natural resources management. The post is based in headquarters in Rome, Italy, and the closing date to apply is 9 February 2024. Join us...

The report highlights the need for social protection and forestry to be aligned to work towards common goals: reducing risk and alleviating poverty for the population that relies on forests. Forest-dependent people are in urgent need for social protection as they are often poor, geographically, politically, and socially marginalized, and...

The aim of this publication is to examine the project “Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh” (ECOFISH-BD). This is a Payment for Ecosystem Services programme that focuses on establishing “collaborative science-based management “to improve the stock of hilsa, a popular fish species that has been in decline for a number of...

In rural areas, most women and girls face many challenges because of structural gender discrimination and inequality. These inequalities are kept in place by unequal power relations and discriminatory norms, beliefs and practices that create and maintain gender gaps in development outcomes. A gender transformative approach aims to change these deep-rooted...

As the quality of climate risk information and reliability of scientific forecasts improve, the imperative to act in advance of an imminent shock to protect people and their livelihoods becomes more pressing. Recognizing this momentum, governments and development and humanitarian partners seek to build a better understanding of how social protection...