2023年世界蜜蜂日:发展负责任农业,保护蜜蜂和传粉昆虫在自然界的作用
19/05/2023
联合国粮食及农业组织(粮农组织)今天举行全球仪式,纪念2023年世界蜜蜂日,强调应完善推广可持续农业实践,以保护传粉昆虫在自然界发挥的重要作用。
Millets: Forgotten then found
14/04/2023
Millets grow well in Bihar, a state in eastern India, but farmers stopped cultivating the crop and lost its seeds. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) funds a project that reintroduced millets and other crops through community seed banks and on-farm trials.
To transform agrifood systems, we must implement climate change and biodiversity agendas in tandem
09/03/2023
The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from COP27 and COP15, respectively.
Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems as a way to mitigate and adapt to climate change
20/03/2023
Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in the face of the latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
FAO advances conservation and sustainability on the high seas
01/03/2023
The high seas comprise nearly two-thirds of the world's ocean and are filled with a variety of fish species, which are essential for the ocean's biodiversity. They are part of flourishing ecosystems that regulate our climate, provide vital habitats for hundreds of thousands of species and support...
全球重要农业文化遗产系统:厄瓜多尔安第斯山脉和亚马逊地区两处遗产地获得认定
14/02/2023
厄瓜多尔两个具有生物多样性的农业和农林复合经营系统(chakras)被联合国粮食及农业组织(粮农组织)认定为全球重要农业文化遗产(GIAHS),其中一个位于安第斯山脉,一个位于该国亚马逊地区。
Webinar: Wild Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: their Conservation and Use
28/02/2023
Conserving plant diversity in wild habitats is important for enhanced food security and nutrition now and in the future. Wild food plants constitute important components of the diets of many people across the globe, and are rich sources of vital micronutrients. Crop wild relatives, i.e. wild...
联合国粮农组织在柏林全球粮食和农业论坛上强调,必须提高农业粮食体系抵御多重冲击的韧性
21/01/2023
联合国粮食及农业组织(粮农组织)于今日强调必须采取切实措施,加快推进农业粮食体系转型,建设更高效、更包容、更有韧性且更可持续的农业粮食体系,确保人人享有健康膳食。
数字序列信息与粮食和农业遗传资源全球研讨会
14/11/2022
粮食和农业遗传资源委员会(遗传委)将于下届会议(2023年7月)审议数字序列信息对于粮食和农业遗传资源保护和可持续利用以及惠益分享的作用。
Final chapters of the IPBES Values Assessment, and of the IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment now available
10/10/2022
The final chapters are much more detailed, with many new examples from around the world. The final chapters also provide a range of valuable additional evidence and policy options in advance of the many major global environmental negotiations this year, including COP 27 of the Climate Convention ...
Webinar: A Global Plan of Action for Aquatic Genetic Resources: An introduction to AquaGRIS, a new global information system
03/10/2022
FAO is developing a range of resources to support its Members to enhance the management of their aquatic genetic resources (AqGR) including the Aquatic Genetic Resources Information System (AquaGRIS), the first g...
“Biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry” special event
20/09/2022
A Special Session on “Biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry” will be held as part of the 8th World Forest Week (8WFW) at the margins of the 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO26).
Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
21/07/2022
The Meetings will now take place from 7 to 19 December 2022 at the seat of the Secretariat, in Montreal, Canada
HLPF - CBD Side Event 'The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Building Back Better & Advancing Implementation of the SDGs'
13/07/2022
This side event will highlight how implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework can accelerate the realization of the SDGs in an inclusive manner. By underscoring the shared recognition of the urgent need for action on nature, this event will help build political momentum for the...
Survey invitation on the sustainable use of soil microorganisms and invertebrates
01/07/2022
The researchers at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology are conducting a study on the “sustainable use and conservation of soil microorganisms and invertebrates used for bioremediation and nutrient cycling” in agriculture. In order to obtain a comprehensive view on the state-of-th...
New release of three Practical guides for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
30/06/2022
FAO has just released three Practical guides for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture:
Venue and Date for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties announced
21/06/2022
After close consultation among the Government of China as COP President, the Bureau, the Secretariat and the
Government of Canada as host of the Secretariat, it has been decided that the second part of the Meetings will take place
at the seat of the Secretariat, in Montreal, Canada from 5 to 17...
FAO Council endorses new 10-year strategies on Climate Change and on Science and Innovation
14/06/2022
The two Thematic Strategies will guide FAO’s work in these areas until 2031. The Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has endorsed two thematic strategies that will guide FAO’s work on climate change and on science, technology and innovation ove...
WEBINAR: FAO Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
14/02/2022
Date: 17 February 2022
Session: 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (EST) = 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CET
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/278261525242980877
This webinar, co-organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, will introduce the Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture approved by the FAO Council...