Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new global project to integrate safeguarding forests and other natural resources in the way we respond to humanitarian crises.

Nairobi - A major meeting this week brought together farmers, bankers, governments and development partners from across Africa and beyond to discuss ways to ensure smallholder farmers, the backbone of the region’s food system, have access to the finance they need to improve and scale up sustainable forest and farm management practices.

New York – More integrated approaches between forests, energy and livelihoods can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a joint brief published today by the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, FAO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations and the United Nations Development Programme.