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 ...

How can we transform our agrifood systems to both withstand climate shocks and help tackle the climate crisis?

The shared agricultural heritage sustaining communities and forests in southern Brazil 

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

On 20 October, on the occasion of SBSTTA 27, the CBD Secretariat and the Secretariat of FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, co-organized an event in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Pollinator Initiative (IPI)...

Op-Ed by Yurdi Yasmi and Abebe Haile-Gabriel

The Commission is committed to keeping you informed, engaged and connected through various platforms and communication channels. We believe that open, clear and responsive communication is essential to building a strong, inclusive and informed community around the import...

The Governing Body is convened under the provisions of Article 19 of the International Treaty and is open to all Contracting Parties and to observers.

Restoring Brazil’s forests through Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge

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