Brazzaville - L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a lancé son tout premier projet de terrain sur les tourbières dans le bassin du Congo, soutenant l'action climatique et les moyens de subsistance durables dans la région.

Les forêts, l'une des principales ressources de la planète, sont de plus en plus menacées par le changement climatique et l'activité humaine.

Aider une communauté autochtone à surveiller la forêt grâce à la technologie satellite et aux tablettes numériques.

Showcasing transformative innovations that are being used to help countries halt deforestation and forest degradation.

FAO and the Philippines have launched a new forest education programme for primary schools.

Nearly 1 billion people globally rely on wild food for their daily nutrition. In this op-ed, FAO's Hubert Boulet explains how low-tech games developed by the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme can help communities manage wildlife sustainably.

Des approches durables qui bénéficient aux animaux sauvages et aux communautés vivant de la chasse.

Bioeconomy is one of the 20 Programme Priority Areas of FAO in the Strategic Framework 2022-2031. FAO's aim is that the bioeconomy for sustainable food and agriculture will balance economic value and social welfare with environmental sustainability.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  today launched a new report for International Migrants Day that explores the impact of migration on forest areas and how to ensure it has a positive effect on the environment.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today launched a new phase of work – supported with $2 million from the Global Environment Facility – to assist developing countries in monitoring and reporting data on both the state and changes in their forest cover more effectively and transparently.

Ensuring the availability of seeds and seedlings from a range of tree species is crucial if we are to meet global targets on the restoration of degraded forests and landscapes, according to a new forestry working paper from FAO and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.

In a significant boost to the global effort in forest communication, the North American Forest Communicators Network was launched last week at the headquarters of the National Forestry Commission of Mexico in Zapopan.

FAO has released its first practical guide to using participatory video, an innovative community-led technique that monitors change in development programmes, with the aim of improving sustainability in dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems.

Guidance on how to carry out restoration projects for the maximum benefit of nature and people was published today by FAO, the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Society for Ecological Restoration, in cooperation with 22 collaborative organizations.

As countries increasingly qualify for payments under the REDD+ process and schemes in return for reducing their emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a new report from the FAO and UN-REDD highlights the need for legal clarity on who owns emission reductions and who is entitled to benefit from those payments.   

La région méditerranéenne - représentée par la République du Liban, le Royaume du Maroc, la République tunisienne et la Türkiye - a été désignée aujourd'hui l'un des sept nouveaux fleurons de la restauration mondiale des Nations Unies dans le cadre de la Décennie des Nations Unies pour la restaur...

Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) ont désigné sept initiatives d’Afrique, d’Amérique latine, de la région méditerranéenne et d’Asie du Sud-Est comme fleurons mondiaux de la restauration. Ces in...

Le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts a ouvert aujourd'hui les candidatures pour le 7e  prix Wangari Maathai «Champions de la cause des forêts», une distinction décernée à des personnes ayant déployé des efforts extraordinaires pour améliorer les forêts du monde et la vie des personnes qui en dépendent.  

Mountains are lifelines for millions. We need mountains to drink: each day, one in two people on the planet quenches their thirst with water that originates in mountains. We need mountains to eat: across the world, two-thirds of irrigated agriculture depends on runoff from mountains.

Grâce au retour de la faune sauvage et au développement des forêts en montagne, la lutte contre le changement climatique et la création d’emplois sont assurées.