Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows
22 December 2022 Rome – Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live in and more resilient to climate change, says a new report launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). [more]
Four ways forests can improve our future – FAO journal
16 December 2022 Rome – A new issue of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) forestry journal Unasylva sheds light on the important role of forests in achieving better production, better nutrition, a better environment and better lives for all. [more]
Unasylva 253: Forests for a better world
15 December 2022 Conserving biodiversity and combating climate change, land degradation and desertification - while striving to end hunger in world with a growing population – are challenges that require a clear response and a clear pathway for improvement. This issue of Unaslyva focuses on FAO’s response to these issues: a strategic framework that strives for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all – leaving no one behind - and the ways in which forests contribute to the achievement of these goals. [more]