Леса и деревья крайне важны для содействия опылению пчелами, бабочками и другими животными, необходимо как можно быстрее остановить деградацию их сред обитания и защитить биоразнообразие. Об этом говорится в новом докладе Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций.

Unobtrusive and often unobserved, the insects, birds, and mammals that help to keep plant populations diverse and abundant are easily overlooked as they go about their tasks. Yet their contribution to food production in terms of quantity, quality, and diversity is incalculable, through the act of...

African forest experts are using satellite imagery to assess the forest resources of the continent through a virtual training held this week as part of the 2020 Remote Sensing Survey of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). 

Сегодня правительства Мьянмы и Финляндии объявили о начале работы по новаторскому проекту, призванному вести мониторинг лесов с учетом проблем, возникающих из-за местных конфликтов, и необходимости защиты прав человека.

People are consuming more than ever. Our choices are having an unprecedented impact on the environment. The jeans, skirts or suits we wear, the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics we use, the food and drink we consume – all of these products have an impact, to varying degrees, on the environment.

Heads of forestry and government representatives from around the world are among participants examining how forests can play a vital role in economic and social recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic as a four-day webinar series kicks off today.

Aside from claiming high numbers of victims, what do Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Ebola and COVID-19 have in common? The answer is that all three are zoonoses, the term given to an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that has jumped from animals to humans. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the globe, forests and forest communities are feeling the pressure.

Lalita Rokaya’s family could barely make ends meet and education was a luxury it could not afford. Now, thanks to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative, Lalita is continuing her education and her family have enough to eat and can afford health care.

Новое соглашение призвано способствовать справедливой торговле уникальной, органической продукцией и сохранению биоразнообразия.

FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) today launched a comprehensive survey on forest education across the world.
 

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The COVID-19 health crisis risks becoming a forest crisis. Measures to contain the impact of the virus have led to restrictions on movement and huge economic pressures.

Equatorial Guinea is one of the few countries in the world where forests cover more than 90% of national territory, but this natural wealth is constantly threatened by economic activities.

FAO has stepped up support for legal timber production and trade in Indonesia with the launch of six new projects.

Represented by their traditional organizations and a large variety of different forest and farm producer organizations in various countries, Indigenous Peoples have platforms for inclusion and decision making.

Сегодня все больше людей делает выбор в пользу осознанного потребления, значительно улучшая жизнь фермеров в горных районах, в том числе жизнь Лалиты и ее семьи.

FAO has launched a new publication highlighting the major achievements of the FAO Forestry Programme in helping improve lives and livelihoods while making forestry more productive and sustainable.

В центре внимания Комитета по лесному хозяйству – вклад лесного сектора в достижение целей в области устойчивого развития и восстановление после пандемии COVID-19.

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 D...