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New Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Italy and Japan push global total of designated sites past 100
27/08/2025
A former iron sand mine transformed into a terraced agro-silvo-pastoral system, a landscape of stone-walled citrus orchards in Japan, and an iconic...
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Beyond trees
23/07/2025
A new study co-authored by FAO and experts from 17 countries published in Nature Communications gives us a glimpse of what Earth’s terrestrial...
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Embracing Indigenous leadership in climate action
17/07/2025
As the global community confronts the escalating realities of climate change, Zambia faces increasingly urgent challenges. From destructive flash floods...
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How climate change impacts plant health - and why it matters for One Health
11/07/2025
Across the world, climate change is shifting the delicate balance that keeps plants – and everything they support - healthy. As temperatures rise, rains...
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Sites in the Republic of Korea, Portugal and Tajikistan recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
09/07/2025
An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage...
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SCALA programme strengthens biodiversity-friendly adaptation in three regions
07/07/2025
The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA) programme,...
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Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
01/07/2025
Port Moresby/Rome - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua...
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USD 42 million program launched for primary forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
27/06/2025
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Stretching from Bhutan to Papua New Guinea, the Indo-Malaya forest biome harbors one of the last major primary...
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Indicators guide adaptation for agrifood systems transformation
24/06/2025
As climate records continue to topple year after year, one thing has become clear; agricultural communities are on the frontlines of climate change...