A thematic session on “Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), genetic resources and collective rights” was jointly organized by the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit during a meeting of the “FPIC ...

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 (KMGBF), advance the ...

Rome -  350 000 species of pollinators are the invisible workforce underpinning global food security, biodiversity and rural livelihoods. Approximately 90 percent of flowering plants and 75 percent of major food crops depend, at least in part, on pollination by inse...

Developed by the Biodiversity Mainstreaming Unit in the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, with financial support from the Governments of the Netherlands and Switzerland, the course supports countries and stakeholders in their efforts to mainstream biodiversity across agrifoo...

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 Frame...

Agrifood systems are playing an increasingly central role in countries’ biodiversity strategies and actions, according to preliminary findings presented during a High-Level Roundtable hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at it...

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...

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 l...

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...

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...

联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）对《〈联合国海洋法公约〉下国家管辖范围以外区域海洋生物多样性的养护和可持续利用协定》（《BBNJ协定》）生效表示欢迎，并期待为协定实施做出贡献。 

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

巴西南部的共同农业遗产滋养着社区与森林 

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...

森林遗传资源是指树木和其他木本植物物种内部及之间保存的可遗传物质，决定着森林及其他以树木为基础的系统的韧性、适应力和生产力，对可持续发展意义重大。加强这些资源的保护、可持续利用和开发，对于管理和利用好全球森林及其他林地（包括农林混作系统）至关重要。

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”.

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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 ...

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 enviro...