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Enhancing sustainable forest landscapes and tackling commodity-driven deforestation through better data: a new $13.7 million initiative financed by USAID
09/11/2021
The Forest Data Partnership, co-led by FAO and World Resources Institute, will improve access to geospatial data to help reduce deforestation and restore degraded lands.
FAO becomes Global Landscapes Forum 32nd charter member
08/11/2021
FAO is seeking to strengthen its contribution to the broad-based alliances for change that are critically needed to transform current unequal and unsustainable development pathways – by becoming a Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) charter member.
COP26: Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation
06/11/2021
Rome – Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation – an impact much greater than previously thought, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said when releasing the first findings of its new Global Remote Sensing Survey today....
New program to transform global food systems across key commodities in 27 countries
06/11/2021
At an event at COP26 in Glasgow, a new $345 million, seven-year program, The Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program (FOLUR), will launch projects in 27 countries, targeting the production and value chains of eight key commodities: beef, cocoa, coffee, maize, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat.
COP26: Upscaling action to turn the tide on deforestation
02/11/2021
A high-level dialogue led by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) will outline urgent actions needed to scale up efforts to halt deforestation and degradation at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
UN Climate Change Conference must look to trees
02/11/2021
Forestry in its various forms – protection, restoration, and enhanced sustainable use – can build natural assets, absorb vast quantities of GHGs, conserve biodiversity, protect water catchments, and supply the world with materials. It doesn’t hold all the answers, and it has its own challenges, but it will be a big part of the solution if we are to head off disaster.
Cooperation key for restoring degraded land, says The Restoration Initiative report
02/11/2021
Partnerships are key to advancing the restoration of the world’s degraded land, according to an annual report by The Restoration Initiative issued today.
Urban trees: more than just a pretty face
29/10/2021
FAO and Arbor Day Foundation recognize the ‘Tree Cities of the World’
Indigenous Peoples must be central to tackling the climate crisis
26/10/2021
As leaders gather for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, it is vital that they recognize two important facts. The first is that we cannot reach climate goals without protecting and sustainably managing the carbon-absorbing forests that cover a third of the Earth’s land surface. The second is that we cannot protect forests without Indigenous Peoples.
Forests key for livelihoods and food security in Near East and North Africa
21/10/2021
Near East Forestry and Range Commission calls for strengthened efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation.
Private sector calls for building a forest-based bioeconomy to halt climate change and achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals
19/10/2021
Belem, Brazil 19 October 2021 – “Forest-based industries make an essential contribution to net zero emission targets, to which many businesses have committed in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,” said the FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSF...
New age for oak acorns: couscous in Algeria
16/10/2021
Acorns from oak trees hold potential to contribute to diversifying diets and better nutrition, according to a new FAO report published today.
FAO calls for climate finance for forest and farm smallholders
12/10/2021
Scaling up assistance to forest and farm smallholders would provide benefits at a planetary scale in the face of climate change, according to a new FAO policy brief published today.
Fast-growing trees have ‘major role’ in helping to solve global challenges
08/10/2021
Fast-growing trees including poplars and willows have a major role to play in addressing today’s global challenges, including climate change mitigation and economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic.
FAO Director-General calls for action for mountains at Expo 2020 Dubai
07/10/2021
Increasing resilience of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments are priority needs.
Wild forest products can help propel green growth in Europe
30/09/2021
Wild forest products such as cork, natural resins, mushrooms, medicinal plants, nuts and berries have huge potential to contribute to green growth in Europe and to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
New review finds slow progress in restoring Africa’s degraded lands, urges greater efforts for climate action
29/09/2021
With the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration underway, review finds successes and many challenges ahead to restore Africa’s degraded lands and improve livelihoods.
Reconstructing our climate: Using wood as the building material to promote sustainable housing
28/09/2021
“The world is facing an environmental crisis and forests, and the products that they provide, are one of the most important tools available to address the climate and biodiversity crisis,” said the Director of FAO’s Forestry Division, Mette Løyche Wilkie, in her opening remarks.
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Action urged to promote wood as a sustainable construction material
28/09/2021
Increasing the use of wood in building sustainable housing can help combat climate change and support the global transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy.
Winner of GROW Summer School agrobiodiversity innovation contest announced
27/09/2021
Jyoti Patil from India has won the GROW Summer School innovation contest focused on improving smallholders’ livelihoods through agrobiodiversity in fragile ecosystems.