Romeo Mikičić 已在蔚蓝的亚得里亚海从事渔业40多年。他来自克罗地亚一千多个岛屿之一的Cres岛，世代捕鱼，有两个孩子，依海为生，热爱海洋。

Huamani Cardenas目前居住在利马，但原籍是秘鲁中部高原地区一个人口约1300人的农村小镇康奈卡。当他收到家乡送来的新鲜食物时，欣喜不已；感激之余，他在利马的康奈卡同乡社交群中写下一行字：“衷心感谢康奈卡政府为我们着想”。

玛雅·迪亚涅是塞内加尔人，从她的眼神种可以看出她对睡莲的深厚感情。她说睡莲和自己有不解之缘，伴随着她的一生。在玛雅的家乡，睡莲随处可见。“我就是出生在睡莲中间，当时我母亲坐在一艘小船上，正在朱迪国家鸟类公园采摘睡莲。”

联合国大会于2012年宣布3月21日为“国际森林日”。森林日举办庆祝活动，提高公众对所有类型森林重要性的认识。鼓励各国每年逢“国际森林日”，在地方、国家和国际层面举办森林和树木相关活动，如植树活动。每年“国际森林日”的主题均由森林合作伙伴关系选定。

罗马、内罗毕 — 联合国环境规划署（环境署）和联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）将非洲、拉美、地中海和东南亚的七个项目评为联合国“世界生态恢复旗舰项目”。这些项目旨在恢复因野火、干旱、森林砍伐和污染而濒临退化的生态系统，现在有资格获得联合国的技术和资金支持。

You are kindly invited to join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), and IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management for the official launch of Standards of practice to guide ecosystem restoration: A contribution to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 on 6 and 8 March 2024. These Standards of Practice have been developed to serve as a universal framework for all forms of restorative efforts during the UN Decade, ranging from minimizing societal impacts to advancing ecological restoration.

FAO is currently seeking applications from experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of its Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme for the 2024-2025 term. The Scientific Advisory Group, composed of nine members nominated by the FAO's Director-General, serves as a crucial expert body. Members are selected based on their individual merits rather than as representatives of member countries, with a focus on ensuring a balance in terms of region and gender.

FAO has launched a new phase of work – supported with $2 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – to assist developing countries in monitoring and reporting data on both the state and changes in their forest cover more effectively and transparently. The project will directly benefit at least 20 countries and more broadly support 236 countries and territories that are part of the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment national correspondent network.

Over the last three years, under the ACP-MEAS 3 project, a European Union-funded initiative that seeks to strengthen environmental governance and implement Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), Zimbabwe has made significant progress in policy development, sustainable agriculture research and development, mitigation of the impact of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), and promotion of ecosystems-based agricultural practices through farmer field schools.

On 30 January, biodiversity experts from more than 20 African countries met in Harare to discuss the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region and consider action to strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. National Focal Points shared experiences at national and regional levels with the aim of strengthening efforts to halt the loss of this key resource.

The agricultural sector - plant and animal production, fisheries, aquaculture, and forestry - depends on biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides, but it is also the sector with the greatest influence on biodiversity. Through this call for submissions, stakeholders are invited to submit contributions on experiences and best practices, and concrete, scalable solutions concerning biodiversity and agriculture, in order to inform the International Symposium "Agriculture, Biodiversity and Food Security: From Commitments to Actions" – to be held in Quebec City, Canada, from April 30 to May 2, 2024 – and facilitate the development of recommendations.

Ariel Benitez是艾瓦瓜拉尼人，这是生活在巴拉圭东部的土著民族之一。他的祖先世代相传采摘马黛树的绿叶，用于制作一种味道微苦的咖啡因饮料，在南美地区很流行，并传入其他地区。但以前在野外可以轻易采摘的这种树叶如今变得越来越稀少，这在一定程度上可以归咎于气候变化。为此，在距离首都亚松森约230公里的圣弗兰西斯科卡阿特米里社区，Ariel和他的族人正致力于培育马黛树幼苗用于扩大种植。

豆类是指豆科植物中获取的干燥籽实，既可做粮食，也可做饲料。你或许不知道，豆类其实拥有着推动农业粮食体系转型的潜力。颜色丰富、风味多样，小小的身体蕴含着巨大的能量，这就是豆类。它包括广为人知的大豆、扁豆、鹰嘴豆和豌豆，还有一些不甚为人所知的品种，比如塔威豆和赤小豆。

联合国大会第75/317号决议将每年2月2日设立为“世界湿地日”，以便在全球范围提升公众对湿地对于人类繁荣和地球健康的重要性的认识。2024年的主题是“湿地和人类福祉”，强调湿地与人类福祉诸多方面紧密相连，包括身体、精神和环境健康。
粮农组织将与《拉姆萨尔湿地公约》秘书处以及意大利环境与能源安全部合作，于 2024 年 2 月 2 日中午 12:00 至 13:30（欧洲中部时间）在粮农组织总部和网上举办世界湿地日庆祝活动。

Ensuring the availability of seeds and seedlings from a range of tree species is crucial if we are to meet global targets on the restoration of degraded forests and landscapes, according to a new forestry working paper from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has today launched an all-in-one tool to assess the environmental impact of projects and investments in the agriculture, forestry and land use (AFOLU) sector. The Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping Tool (ABC-Map) is an open-source satellite imagery app, based on Google Earth Engine, with information from global datasets including the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), land cover data sets from the European Space Agency and climate data from the ERA5 dataset.

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联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）渔业委员会新设立的全球渔业管理机构—渔业管理分委员会将在2024年1月15日至18日期间召开首次会议，重点关注有效管理渔业资源的最佳做法和方法，以及改进粮农组织世界海洋渔业种群和健康状况的评估方法。

Restoring mountain ecosystems is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. This theme was selected to fully include mountains in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN Environment Programme. The Decade is an opportunity to draw together political support, scientific research and financial resources to significantly scale-up restoration and prevent further degradation of mountain ecosystems.

在吉尔吉斯斯坦天山山脉的雪山峰顶上，一群人正徒步前往偏远区域，检查并重新安放隐藏相机，用于监测野生动物，如行踪隐秘的“山中幽灵”——雪豹。这群当地人曾是猎人和渔民，现在担任社区护林员，负责巡视巴伊布孙（Baiboosun）自然保护区。该微型保护区是由村民与当地非政府组织——中亚山区伙伴关系阿拉套区域组织（CAMP Alatoo）——合作建立的，旨在保护当地动植物群落。在与当地社区进行磋商后，该保护区划定了范围，覆盖14000公顷的草地和冰川，对狩猎和放牧等活动制定了严格的监管措施。