FAO presented at COP16 its progress in Latin America and the Caribbean towards the targets set in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which outlines concrete goals for the protection of global biodiversity.

The FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean underscored at COP16 the crucial role of food systems in tackling climate change and the loss of marine and terrestrial biodiversity. It maintained a full agenda, emphasizing the importance of climate financing, the One Health approach, pollinators, the bioeconomy, protected areas, and restoration in achieving these objectives.

FAO's participation at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, spotlighted the essential role of agrifood systems in advancing biodiversity goals. Under the theme "Peace with Nature," FAO engaged leaders to prioritize sustainable agriculture in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, supporting global efforts to combat biodiversity loss and climate change. Through numerous events and partnerships, FAO emphasized transformative agrifood solutions to secure a sustainable future.

Rome – In anticipation of COP29, FAO has released a new report examining biodiversity actions within agrifood systems in countries' NDCs. Findings reveal critical opportunities to align climate action with biodiversity and food security, especially by addressing gaps in aquaculture and non-forest ecosystems.

Joint Op-Ed by COP16 President and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Susana Muhamad and Kaveh Zahedi, Director of FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment.

Pour respecter les engagements historiques de la COP15, il faut désormais intégrer les systèmes agroalimentaires dans les stratégies et plans d’action nationaux pour la biodiversité.

The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024.

L’agrobiodiversité s’allie au savoir traditionnel pour les besoins de la lutte contre le changement climatique en Colombie

In this interview, Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), explains that FAO’s advocates for placing agrifood system solutions at the heart of the global efforts to tackle climate change while safeguarding rural livelihoods.

The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) will open in a couple of days in Cali, Colombia and will be the first Conference of the Parties (COP) since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). In the lead up to COP16, the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-5) started today, with the objective to review the preparation of national targets and the alignment of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) with the KMGBF. 

La cinquième édition de la Journée internationale de sensibilisation aux pertes et gaspillages de nourriture sera l’occasion de souligner à quel point il est crucial d’obtenir des financements pour intensifier l’action visant à réduire les pertes et le gaspillage alimentaires, à contribuer à la réalisation des objectifs climatiques et à faire progresser l’exécution du Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030.

On land as in water, there can be no food security without biodiversity: it allows plants and animals to reproduce and grow, adapt to natural and human-induced impacts, resist diseases and parasites, and continue to evolve. Aquatic biodiversity is the basis on which aquaculture can exist and grow sustainably.

Les résultats durables du développement rural permettent aux survivants du conflit en Colombie de s’émanciper.

Un système unique d’élevage de carpes en étang en Autriche, un système agroforestier cultivant le salak, aussi appelé «fruit du serpent», à Bali (Indonésie), et le système agroforestier du cacao à Sao Tomé-et-Principe viennent d’être ajoutés aux Systèmes ingénieux du patrimoine agricole mondial (SIPAM). 

Face aux préoccupations grandissantes concernant l’incidence des pesticides sur la biodiversité et la santé des personnes – et à la demande de plus en plus importante de produits issus de systèmes de production respectueux de la biodiversité –, les autres méthodes de lutte contre les ravageurs su...

Please join us at the launch of AquaGRIS, the world’s first public online database of farmed aquatic species and their wild relatives, developed by FAO in collaboration with countries, scientific experts and stakeholders through a consultative process spanning five years.  Watch the webcast 

Le paysage culinaire africain est une riche mosaïque de biodiversité et de traditions qui recèle un véritable trésor d’aliments oubliés. Ces espèces végétales adaptées au niveau régional, autrefois au cœur de la diversité culturelle du continent, doivent impérativement être ramenées sur le devant de la scène face aux défis mondiaux urgents comme la sécurité alimentaire, le changement climatique et la durabilité environnementale.

Besta Pulum ne peut cacher son enthousiasme devant la tablette numérique qu’il a entre les mains. «Dans ma jeunesse, je ne connaissais pas ce type d’ordinateur. Maintenant que je l’ai devant les yeux, je n’arrive plus à dormir [à cause de l’excitation]», raconte le chef de la communauté, qui estime être âgé d’environ 60 ans.

The First Session of the Ad Hoc Expert Team on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture opened on 2 July 2024. The Expert Team was established by the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 2023 to review issues related to biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA) and advise and make recommendations to the Commission on these matters.