This event will take stock of the contribution of agrifood systems to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGB). The roundtable will present key findings on how countries are integrating agrifood systems into their biodiversi...

Africa is losing the plant diversity that underpins food security and nutrition, climate resilience and livelihoods across the continent. This is according to the Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which was launche...

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) concluded its twelfth session yesterday in Manchester, UK. During the meeting, delegates approved the Summary for Policymakers of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report and reached agr...

The FAO Biodiversity Knowledge Hub centralizes FAO’s key resources and information on biodiversity across agrifood systems. The platform supports countries in strengthening their knowledge and capabilities to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (...

The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Third Report), published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), presents the results of a global assessment of progress on the conservation and s...

Hosted by the United Kingdom, the twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Science‑Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES12) opened today in Manchester, bringing together governments, experts, and UN agencies to advance the global biodiversity scie...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the entry into force of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National ...

The shared agricultural heritage sustaining communities and forests in southern Brazil 

FAO’s 80th anniversary was also a pivotal year for the teams working under the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment.  

Conservation, sustainable use and development of forest genetic resources are of vital importance to the management and utilization of the world’s forests and other wooded lands, including agroforestry systems. These resources, i.e. the heritable materials maintained wit...

The Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture joins the celebrations of this year’s International Mountain Day under the theme “Glaciers matter for water, food and livelihoods in mountains and beyond”.

Today is a powerful reminder...

Brazil is moving decisively to strengthen the governance of its genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge by taking significant steps to improve transparency, compliance and access and benefit-sharing across its growing bioeconomy. The country’s environmenta...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday launched The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global campaign aimed at recognizing women’s indispensable yet often overlooked contributions to global agrifood systems and to galvan...

UN designates 2026 as a year to highlight the vital role of rangelands and pastoralists in sustainable food production, ecosystem preservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation

The Eleventh Session of the Governing Body (GB-11) of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture concluded past midnight after a week of intense deliberations, marked by strong engagement from all delegations and resulting in the ado...

3–4 December 2025 | Enhancing policy coherence and institutional capacity | Register for the hybrid event

Agrifood systems are crucial for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), with over half of the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a series of five regional workshops on aquatic genetic resource monitoring and reporting.

The Eleventh Session of the Governing Body (GB-11) of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture opened today in Lima, Peru, co-hosted by the Governments of Peru and Switzerland, under the theme “Fostering Biodiversity & Food Sec...

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Restoring Brazil’s forests through Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge