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Preventing human-wildlife conflict is critical for people and the planet
03/03/2021
Each year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day presents us with an opportunity. Not only do we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife, but we also turn our attention to how to live alongside it harmoniously and sustainably.
UN World Wildlife Day highlights role of indigenous and local communities’ livelihoods and knowledge in the conservation of forest species and ecosystems
03/03/2021
Representatives of Indigenous and Local Communities, Governments, civil society and the private sector came together to celebrate the role of forest communities and their experiences in conserving the world’s forests.
Milan Fashion Week: Rural mountain women collaborate with top Italian designer
28/02/2021
A unique collection by Italian-Haitian fashion designer Stella Jean and craftswomen from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan will be highlighted at Milan Fashion Week today.
FAO and WRI launch guide to monitor forest restoration
09/02/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Resources Institute today have launched a new guide to help people use Open Foris Collect Earth, a crowdsourced image analysis platform, to monitor progress on forest and landscape restoration.
New project to boost sustainable wildlife management and food security in southern Africa
03/02/2021
Rome - FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world's largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area.
Innovative solutions needed for wetlands in crisis
02/02/2021
As we celebrate World Wetlands Day on 2 February and enter the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the international community should give these disappearing natural resources the urgent attention they deserve. Wetlands must be preserved to ensure a brighter future for people and waterbirds.
How shea products are boosting Ghanaian women’s livelihoods
29/01/2021
Sustainable products offer a promising income and a viable alternative to felling trees.
FAO launches new tool for forest and water connections
28/01/2021
FAO today launched a new online tool that will help people better monitor, measure, and manage the relationship between forests and water.
FAO Director-General stresses crucial role of biodiversity in combating zoonotic diseases
12/01/2021
Paris/Rome - Emphasizing the interconnectedness of environmental, animal and human health, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu reiterated FAO's commitment to continue supporting the mainstreaming of biodiversity across agriculture and food sectors also by the Hand in Hand Initiative.
FAO Director-General calls for urgent scale-up of Africa’s Great Green Wall
11/01/2021
Paris/Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today appealed for an urgent scale-up of Africa's Great Green Wall initiative to restore degraded land, create jobs and address climate change.
FAO releases new study on forest-related disasters
07/01/2021
FAO today published a new study on forest-related disasters that will help contribute to the development of effective responses for future incidents.
COVID-19 brings good news and bad for sustainable wood production
06/01/2021
Before COVID-19 hit, increasing the production and use of sustainable wood was already a major challenge. Substitute materials, such as plastic, concrete and metal can be – at least on the face of it – cheaper.
FAO releases a comprehensive guide to sustainable cricket farming
17/12/2020
Consumer interest in edible insects has been rising in recent years and that has driven a traditional, but local, industry in Southeast Asia to expand to meet increasing global demand.
FAO and International Model Forest Network renew collaboration on sustainable forest management at landscape level
14/12/2020
FAO and the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Secretariat have extended a collaboration to promote innovative approaches to sustainable forest management at landscape level.
Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their toll
11/12/2020
Mountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world's hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to mark International Mountain Day 2020.
We must not leave mountains and mountain people behind
11/12/2020
A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its partners shows that the number of mountain people vulnerable to food insecurity in developing countries increased from 243 to almost 350 million between 2000 and 2017.
New partnership to boost bamboo and rattan’s contribution to sustainable development
18/11/2020
FAO and the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization will scale up efforts to reap benefits for rural poor, climate action and biodiversity.
FAO launches policy brief on COVID-19 impacts to wood value chains
16/11/2020
Wood value chains have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic but the side effects of the crisis have not all been negative for the sector, according to a new FAO policy brief.
Global Climate Fund approves $160 million to support FAO-led projects
13/11/2020
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved three new FAO-designed projects in Argentina, Guatemala and Sudan for a total amount of $158.6 million aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening resilience to climate change, and combating deforestation.
The climate change mitigation potential of forest products
04/11/2020
Forest products, from paper to pellets and from sawnwood to cross-laminated timber, offer solutions to contribute to climate change, through carbon storage as well as substitution of less climate-friendly products.
On 4 November 2020, FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based...