Launched at the SDG Summit, the High Impact Initiative on Nature Driving Economic Transformation aims to bring together countries undertaking significant economic shifts, and catalyzing a global movement in evidence-based policies and investments for an inclusive green transition that accelerates progress on the SDGs, recognizes and supports nature contributions and dependencies, and reduces related risks to support a Biodiversity Economy. Overview of SDG Action Weekend; Overview of all High Impact Initiatives; High Impact Initiative: Nature Driving Economic Transformation. Live Webcast on Sunday at 11:45 AM Eastern Time (6:45 PM Eastern Africa Time).

Antananarivo, August 24, 2023 - A decisive step toward biodiversity protection and sustainable agricultural development was taken today at the conclusion of the national workshop on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors, held in Antananarivo.  Organized under the FMM project (Flexible Voluntary Contribution), this milestone is the result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MINAE), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD), and the Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy (MPEB), with technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), funded by Sweden. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the launch of a Global Biodiversity Framework Fund at the 7th GEF Assembly held in Vancouver from 22-26 August.   The new fund will facilitate financing for developing countries — often the most biodiverse — to enhance their ability to conserve, restore and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources as established through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). 

Approved on Saturday in Bonn, Germany, by representatives of the 143 member States of IPBES, the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control finds that alongside dramatic changes to biodiversity and ecosystems, the global economic cost of invasive alien species exceeded USD 423 billion annually in 2019, with costs having at least quadrupled every decade since 1970. Read the full IPBES media release here.

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) ha acogido con satisfacción la presentación del Fondo para el Marco Mundial de Biodiversidad durante la Séptima Asamblea del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM) en Vancouver (Canadá). El nuevo fondo que se ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS: From climate change to biodiversity loss, food waste to conflict, these colliding disasters must be tackled together, and sustainable agrifood systems are key with the capacity to put the brakes on or even reverse damage already done. We look to this week’s Seventh Assembly of the GEF, the largest gathering of a family of funds dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Looking forward – to the SDG Summit, to UNFCCC COP 28, and to 2030 – we have to continue investing in and scaling up these approaches.

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The FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership and the FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia joined efforts to organize a series of training sessions for experts in Central Asian countries. The primary objective of this training series is to empower participants with the skills to evaluate the impacts of livestock production systems on biodiversity through the practical application of the FAO LEAP guidelines.

Indigenous Peoples have long held a deep connection with nature and have a profound understanding of their surrounding ecosystems. In their rich tapestry of traditional knowledge, Indigenous Peoples have recognized the crucial role played by bees, especially wild and stingless species. These creatures, often overlooked in mainstream discussions, are integral to the delicate balance of ecosystems and hold immense cultural and ecological significance for Indigenous Peoples. This article explores the unique relationship between Indigenous Peoples and wild, stingless bees, highlighting their importance.

El mundo está logrando avances para poner fin a la pérdida de manglares, según un nuevo informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). Se calcula que en los últimos 40 años se ha perdido más del 20 % de los manglares del planeta, debido principalmen...

El Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM) ha aprobado hoy 26 proyectos dirigidos por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), aprovechando el creciente impulso para afrontar los problemas ambientales abordando las formas en que se producen nuestros ...

Los sistemas agroalimentarios deben ser parte de la solución a la pérdida de biodiversidad y la crisis climática que enfrenta nuestro planeta, aseguró hoy el Sr. QU Dongyu, Director General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en un...

Los océanos son fundamentales para la seguridad alimentaria mundial y los medios de vida de más de 600 millones de personas, y esenciales para transformar los sistemas agroalimentarios, afirma Manuel Barange, Director de la División de Pesca y Acuicultura de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas...

In its 18th Session, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF18) convened from UN headquarters in New York from 8 to 12 May, with the FAO delegation at UNFF18 led by Zhimin Wu, Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

Tenemos que hablar de los plásticos. Los productos de plástico se han convertido en una herramienta muy útil en múltiples esferas de la vida y la agricultura no es una excepción. Los plásticos se utilizan para todo, desde bandejas para semilleros y tuberías de riego hasta envases de plaguicidas y sacos de pienso para el ganado. Sin embargo, su proliferación ha provocado crecientes problemas medioambientales que amenazan la salud del suelo, la calidad del agua y el bienestar humano.

Biodiversity is the basis of life on Earth. We live biodiversity, we eat biodiversity and we are biodiversity. Without it, our world would be lifeless. The Earth's diverse ecosystems provide us with essential services, from clean air and water to food and medicine. In today's rapidly changing world, one of the most pressing challenges we face is the alarming loss of biodiversity.

The African Union Commission through its Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) will organize the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific High Level Conference on the implementation of the Outcomes of the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (CoP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nineteenth Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Roma - Se extienden por todo el planeta y abarcan terrenos muy diversos, desde sistemas de cultivo en terrazas de piedra hasta oasis desérticos, comunidades indígenas en lo más profundo de pluviselvas y elevadas montañas o zonas impregnadas de culturas tradicionales de cultivo de la vid o...

Desde 2018, se han designado 24 nuevos SIPAM en 12&...