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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...
FAO calls for stepping up forest and landscape restoration
28/10/2020
Efforts to restore the world's degraded forests and landscapes must be scaled up to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, said FAO in a new publication released today.
Zoonotic diseases are on the rise, but preventing future pandemics is possible – how to support recovery in a post-COVID-19 world
28/10/2020
Protecting wildlife habitats, reducing urban demand for wild meat and early detection of disease outbreaks are among the recommendations to prevent the spread of future pandemics and avoid their damaging impacts, according to a White Paper issued by the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Progr...
Inseparable link between forests and human health
28/10/2020
There is growing recognition of the importance of forests for food security and nutrition but not enough attention on the essential role which forests play in human health, experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said as the agency released a new publication on forests and human well-being.
Improving forest governance in Mozambique through private sector representation
27/10/2020
A new federation representing timber producers in Mozambique has launched last week thanks to a project supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to improve forest governance by strengthening private sector representation.
How to cut the risk of future pandemics – four principles to guard against new diseases from the wild
21/10/2020
A group of fourteen international organizations working together to support the safe, sustainable use of wildlife has issued four guiding principles which, if applied, will help reduce the risk of future pandemics originating from wild animals while also strengthening wildlife conservation and respecting the needs of wildlife-dependent communities.
Boosting education for greener forests
15/10/2020
With every new forest fire or flood, and with every new report on the loss of wildlife or increase in desertification, we are reminded that we urgently need greater attention and efforts to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s forests.
Better data, better decisions, better forests
14/10/2020
Taking good decisions requires sound information - and protecting forests requires forest monitoring.
Collaborative Partnership on Forests urges to turn the historic challenge of COVID-19 into an opportunity for forestry and sustainability
12/10/2020
Forests and tree landscapes should be at the heart of building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic for a more resilient and sustainable future, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) said today.
Forests, forest stakeholders key for achieving Sustainable Development Goals
08/10/2020
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires halting deforestation, protecting intact forests and restoring degraded forest landscapes – and an upsurge of action by communities, forest industries and responsible businesses provides the best hope of doing so, according to speakers in the High-Level Dialogue on Forests in the Decade of Action.
Private sector calls for sustainable forest products to be key to COVID-19 recovery
08/10/2020
A sustainable forest sector lies at the heart of COVID-19 recovery plans that seek to build back better, senior executives from the forest industry said today in a statement released for FAO’s Committee on Forestry.
Advisory Committee On Sustainable Forest-based Industries endorses its Strategic Framework 2020-2030
06/10/2020
The Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) has endorsed the ACSFI Strategic Framework 2020-2030 at the occasion of a web-based meeting, on 23 September 2020. The Strategic Framework will guide ACSFI’s work until 2030 by identifying and stimulating strategic actions by F...
Synergies between private sector and governments crucial for reversing deforestation – COFO High-level Dialogue
06/10/2020
Rome - Reversing deforestation and forest degradation can be an effective “nature-based solution” to climate change but requires the strong involvement of the private sector and greater collaboration among land-use sectors, according to speakers at the High-Level Dialogue on T...