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Uganda coffe crops
03/07/2024
A new publication from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations sets out how coffee produced through agroforestry can improve resilience and ensure livelihoods in the face of climate change. 
Djibo, Burkina Faso - A young man planting seedlings
17/06/2024
On Desertification and Drought Day, FAO's Tiina Vähänen and Moctar Sacande explain in this op ed the importance of putting land stewardship at the centre of sustainable development to ensure a healthy, food secure world for younger generations.
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Rector of La Sapienza University of Rome Antonella Polimeni attending the inauguration of new hydroponic garden at FAO headquarters (Terrace).
11/06/2024
FAO Director-General and the Rector of La Sapienza University of Rome strengthen their partnership and unveil an innovative and sustainable hydroponic garden.
Bee on flowers
20/05/2024
Marking World Bee Day 2024, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization QU Dongyu today urged young people to learn more about bees and pollinators, including traditional and high-tech beekeeping, and thus help to safeguard the vital role these small creatures play in agriculture, ecological balance, and biodiversity preservation.
Leroy Ignacio, Whitley Award, Red Siskin Songbirds ©Chung Liu
15/05/2024
Guyanese conservationist and co-founder of the South Rupununi Conservation Society Leroy Ignacio has won a prestigious Whitley Award for his outstanding grassroots conservation work in Guyana’s Rupununi region.  
FAO Director-General addresses High-Level Segment of 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
09/05/2024
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today addressed the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19).
Grow the solution
06/05/2024
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Communicators Network Joint Initiative today launched a new initiative to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change.
Accelerating the contributions of forests to the SDGs through innovation FAO Carlos Caetano
02/05/2024
The world’s countries, and many international organizations and forest stakeholders, will meet next week to inject new ideas and further urgency into the quest to scale up forest-based solutions to global challenges.
FAO UNFF19th Session
01/05/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests will play a key role contributing to the deliberations of the upcoming 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests.  
FAO Park
24/04/2024
FAO and the City of Rome have further extended the Global Library of Trees and Flowers - FAO Park, by allowing visitors to follow an educational itinerary through a mobile application. 
Credit: FAO/Cory Wright
22/04/2024
A new programme for Accelerating Innovative Monitoring of Forests (AIM4Forests), led by FAO, has supported 11 countries and trained over one thousand people in its first year.
FAO formally launches Green Cities Initiative in Cameroon
21/04/2024
Yaoundé - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held an official launch here of its Green Cities Initiative, which is already being piloted in Cameroon, with seven municipalities submitting letters of intent to join the initiative.
19/04/2024
At its 19th session, the United Nations Forum on Forests will discuss the implementation of and progress on the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030.
Nominate a UN World Restoration Flagship
16/04/2024
The UN World Restoration Flagships are the most ambitious, promising or successful examples of large-scale ecosystem restoration. They offer an opportunity for initiatives and countries to be globally recognized and celebrated for their restoration success stories.
FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
FAO has launched a 15 million euro ($16.29 million) project funded by the European Union to help Uganda’s forestry sector contribute more sustainably to the economy and the environment.
Chris Steele-Perkins Magnum Photos for FAO
08/04/2024
Forest and farm producer organizations representing the world’s smallholder farmers, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are gathering in Pokhara, Nepal, this week to explore how to best manage the world’s agrobiodiversity.
Technological innovation has vastly improved our ability to monitor the world’s forests
21/03/2024
Showcasing transformative innovations that are being used to help countries halt deforestation and forest degradation.
Innovating tradition to protect ancient forests in Papua New Guinea
21/03/2024
Supporting an Indigenous Peoples’ community to monitor forests with satellites and tablets.
Discover how the groundbreaking Open Foris platform can restore and protect forests.
21/03/2024
Find out how innovation and technology have transformed countries' ability to monitor and report on their forests in this digital story.
sustainable peatland management for climate action
20/03/2024
Brazzaville - FAO has launched its first-ever peatlands field project in the Congo Basin, supporting climate action and sustainable livelihoods in the region.