Single-use cutlery pollutes our oceans and takes thousands of years to decompose in landfills and trash heaps. Plastic forks and knives may photo-degrade with exposure to the sun, but they become microplastics that continue to pollute our environment. This is where wood and forests come into the ...

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium have praised efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Miombo forest to balance livelihoods with restoring the forest ecosystem, on a visit to the region this week.

Droughts have always happened, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. Over the last two decades, droughts have impacted 1.4 billion people in the world, increasing in number and duration by almost 30% since 2000. While Africa is seeing the greatest increase in severity and frequency of d...

Governments seeking to develop national timber traceability systems to comply with tightening international standards can look for inspiration to Latin America, a joint report by the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme and the World Resources Institute (WRI) h...

Rome – A new system designed to harmonize the way land cover is categorized across West Africa was outlined in a report published this week. The West African Land Cover Reference System (WALCRS) proposes a common framework for the 17 countries in the region so that maps and data can be more easily and effectively prepared, shared and used.

To realize the COP 26 pledge to spend USD 1.7 billion between 2021 and 2025 to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and forest communities to tenure of their ancestral land and support them as guardians of the world’s forests, funds need to be channeled directly to Indigenous Peoples. T...

The African Forestry and Wildlife Commission’s upcoming session is in Kinshasa and will look at bio-economy opportunities and other issues facing the continent.

Rome – Les interventions humanitaires dans les zones arides du monde qui sont le théâtre de conflits, dans le contexte de la crise climatique, doivent également apporter des solutions aux impacts environnementaux de ces conflits, notamment ceux que viennent aggraver des dépl...

The 23rd Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission opened today in Kinshasa, hosted by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Commission is the most important continental forum to discuss policy, scientific and technical issues relating to forestry and w...

Rome – The volume of wild foods harvested from forests in Zambia likely exceeds the volume of sawnwood produced in the country, according to a new joint study carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Center for Internationa...

Kinshasa – Concrete action is needed to halt ‘alarming trends’ of deforestation and forest degradation in Africa, the 23rd Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) heard last week in Kinshasa.

Quatre raisons qui font que les insectes comestibles offrent des perspectives prometteuses pour la sécurité alimentaire et les moyens de subsistance.

In Madagascar, calls for urgent action to safeguard its rapidly disappearing native forests are growing. The fourth-largest island on Earth, it boasts one of the most diverse ecosystems, with hundreds of thousands of flora and fauna species, 85% of which are found nowhere else.

FAO and the Philippines have launched a new initiative this month to teach children about the importance of managing forests sustainably to safeguard natural resources in a changing climate. Funded by Germany, and using an innovative hands-on approach, the project will develop forest educ...

Rome - la FAO et Slow Food International viennent d’inaugurer un nouveau partenariat destiné à aider les communautés montagnardes et insulaires à développer des économies plus résilientes et à créer les conditions d’une amélioration des moyens d’existence des populations locales.

Hanoi, Viet Nam – Small-scale forest and farm producers are building climate resilience in their communities and, with the right support, can make a difference at scale to maintaining forest and farm landscapes in the face of climate change. The message came this week at th...

Aspen – Delegates from 97 mountain countries around the world endorsed the Aspen Declaration today during the closing ceremony of the Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Aspen, United States of America.

As the global population rises, we are projected to need up to 50% more food by 2050 than we needed in 2012. We face a huge challenge to feed the world while at the same time protecting our forests from agricultural expansion, which drives almost 90% of deforestation globally.

Rome – Family farmers and small-scale producers can solve many of the global issues related to restoring ecosystems and feeding a growing population, but more investment is needed to strengthen their knowledge and skills through extension services such as farmer field schoo...

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