The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named the first World Restoration Flagships for this year, tackling pollution, unsustainable exploitation and invasive species in three continents. These initiatives are restoring almost five mil...

Rome/Nice, France – Some of the world’s marine fisheries are recovering under strong, science-based management, but many others remain under pressure, according to a report launched today at the UN Ocean Conference by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It shows jus...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu participated today in a series of high-level engagements at the 

Young people must drive the transformation needed to enable aquatic foods to nourish a global population projected to grow by billions, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, told a youthful audience here on the first official day of the&nbs...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu is spearheading the Organization’s engagement at the 

Find out how FAO is working to counter illegal fishing and safeguard marine biodiversity

Rome – Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland area remains available for cultivation, according to the latest geospatial assessment carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), further deteriorating...

In Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik, the EU-STREIT PNG Programme transformed lives by rehabilitating a 16.7 km road, reconnecting 12,000 rural villagers to markets and services. This climate-resilient infrastructure slashed transport costs, revived cocoa farming, and created jobs, empowering comm...

Pompeii, Italy – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, today inaugurated Sustainable Pompeii (Pompei Sostenibile) – a pioneering educational itinerary designed to connect the city’s archaeological heritage with...

By observing World Bee Day each year, we can raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today. We have been celebrating this day since 2018, thanks to the efforts of the Government of Slov...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, today paid tribute to bees and other pollinators – who he called ‘silent heroes’ – and called for increased international collaboration to protect and use them sustainably, as World Bee Day 20...

World Bee Day is celebrated every year on 20 May. This International Day, whic...

16/05/2025
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Geneva/New York/Rome/Washington – Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, accord...

In a country that consumes around 500 000 tonnes of it a year, it is safe to say that the people of Côte d’Ivoire love to eat fish. In fact, it is their number one source of animal protein. According to their Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources, in 2023, Ivorians consumed 23.5 kilos of ...