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Biocentric restoration
20/02/2025
In 2022, the Indigenous Biocentric Restoration Project was launched in the Ecuadorian Amazonian Indigenous Territories by the Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and local governments together with FAO and the Internation...
03/07/2024
A new publication from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sets out how coffee produced through agroforestry can improve resilience and ensure livelihoods in the face of climate change. 
20/11/2023
A new report from FAO calls for social protection and forestry to be aligned to work towards shared goals of risk reduction and poverty alleviation for forest dependent people.
16/12/2022
A new report assesses the impact of COVID-19 on forest communities and highlights the vital role of social organization in their response, recovery and in building back better after the pandemic.
15/11/2022
More clarity on who ‘owns’ emissions reductions is still needed to access different sources of forest carbon finance and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, according to a new information brief released today by FAO.
01/01/2020
How knowledge-sharing impacts the protection of forests in Paraguay.
Conservation is important for biodiversity and food security in the Rupununi Region of Guyana. ©FAO/David Mansell-Moullin
21/10/2019
Achieving sustainable levels of hunting and fishing in Guyana.