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Prevention saves lives, saves livelihoods, saves money
01/01/2012
The importance of prevention cannot be overestimated. In this environment of climate change and global marketing of agricultural products, we would...
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Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
01/01/2012
In a changing climate, mountain regions are among the most vulnerable. They provide the world with resources such as water, timber, biodiversity and...
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Seeds of diversity
01/01/2012
In Ethiopia farmers use a wide variety of seeds to obtain their crops from an incredible variety of different kinds of fields. Gathering information...
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Promoting community based seed production farmer groups to manage climate risks in northern Vietnam
01/01/2012
This project focused on the strategy for seed production, storage and maintenance in the Northern mountainous areas in the context of management of...
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Rio+20 and beyond: together for a sustainable future
01/01/2012
Rio+20 must result in a change of mind-set. We can no longer afford to ignore the interdependencies between natural resources, the environment, hunger...
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Forestry and the forest industry in a green economy
01/01/2012
An effort is under way worldwide to better manage our planet's forest resources and better enhance their role in mitigating climate change. Forest loss...
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Protecting forests to preserve livelihoods
01/01/2011
An FAO programme that helps local communities in Mongolia to protect their own forests is being seen as a model for action in the Asia-Pacific region....
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Wildlife in a changing climate
01/01/2011
In this episode, FAO Wildlife and Protected Area officer Edgar Kaeslin highlights the case of mountain gorillas in Rwanda (the original 'gorillas in...
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Turning the tide on desertification in Africa
01/01/2011
In Senegal, the Acacia project has involved the planting and managing of Acacia forests in arid lands helping combat desertification while providing...