Latest news and updates from the partnership
Agroforestry: a viable option for diverting pressure from the natural Chilgoza Forests in Pakistan
27/04/2020
In the Chilgoza ecosystem, The Restoration Initiative (TRI) project will continue the efforts of the 1 Billion Tree Afforestation Program.
Empowering Iran’s desert villagers
25/03/2020
Training in vocational skills opens up a world of livelihood options
Chile adopts forest ecosystem monitoring system supported by FAO (Spanish)
25/03/2020
The country's Ministry of Agriculture included the information collection and evaluation tool created to monitor the Chilean forests and its biodiversity as a regular government program to ensure its continuity.
Invisible no more: women farmer trio exemplify women's lead role in agri-development
25/03/2020
In a province in the southern Philippines, three elderly women farmers are proving that not only are women indispensable contributors to agriculture and the economy but also that gender and age are not -- and should not be -- hindrances to pursuing a bett
New e-learning course on assessing performance of coastal fisheries
17/03/2020
Fisheries Performance Assessment Toolkit (FPAT) marks important step in CFI’s efforts to develop more integrated approaches to coastal fisheries management.
FAO’s new open data policy makes fact-finding and information sharing easier
16/03/2020
When it comes to food and agriculture data, FAO is one of the world leaders in knowledge.
Gender at the forefront of National Forest Monitoring Systems
05/03/2020
Women and men frequently have differing roles, responsibilities and priorities in their use, knowledge and experience of forests. This knowledge can offer critical inputs to policy and field interventions that will enable the long-term success of REDD+ an
Chile: Local communities participate in conservation efforts for "Picaflor de Arica" (Spanish)
20/02/2020
More than 30 people, including farmers, producers and representatives of the civil society of the Codpa Valley, gathered in the town of Cerro Blanco to build the first phase of "The Arica Picaflor Route"
Laying the foundation for resilient drylands: the Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program
12/02/2020
29-30 January 2020. FAO hosted the first Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Agency Partner Meeting to discuss the design of the Global Platform for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL) under GEF-7.
New project will help Bangladesh measure progress as it adapts to climate change
12/02/2020
FAO, in partnership with the Department of Environment (DoE) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, today launched a new project that will strengthen Bangladesh’s capacity to monitor environmental emissions.
Laguna del Laja in Central Chile monitors South Andean deer (Spanish)
10/02/2020
As part of the work that the Endangered Species Conservation Initiative has been developing in relation to the last population of the Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus ) in Central Chile, the project team carried out the installation of the cameras.
Myanmar: Farmers are using climate-smart agriculture techniques for sustainable agriculture
06/02/2020
A Farmer Field School (FFS) programme is being implemented in 20 villages of Labutta township including Loke Taung village to promote CSA techniques on rice and green gram cultivation.
How making cookies changed one Iranian woman’s life
05/02/2020
GEF-funded project in Iran helped Fatemeh discover her potential for business.
Overfishing of the world’s major tuna stocks going down, bycatch and pollution reduced and 18 new areas protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems established
29/01/2020
GEF-FAO fishery project makes remarkable progress in protecting international waters’ biodiversity
Four major achievements in helping protect our oceans
29/01/2020
Celebrating encouraging results from the FAO-GEF Common Oceans ABNJ Program
Why is Côte d’Ivoire losing its mangroves to fishing?
17/01/2020
FAO and partners work to restore mangroves through the global Coastal Fisheries Initiative
Tackling climate change needs powerful force of rural women
09/01/2020
FAO's Life and Nature project is empowering women by improving female farmer’s decision-making and enhancing the equal participation, representation, and rights of women.
Small Chilean producers meet at the First SIPAN National Meeting (Spanish)
09/01/2020
A total of 100 agricultural producers representing the communes belonging to the SIPAN Network in the Alto Andina and Cordillera Pehuenche Macrozones attended the First National Meeting of the SIPAN Network, "Promoting Our Agricultural Heritage", co-organ
The 57th GEF Council and the 27th LDCF Council approve a total of USD 75 million to support FAO-led projects
19/12/2019
The 57th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council and the 27th Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF) Council have approved a funding of USD 61.5 million and USD 13.6 million respectively to support FAO’s work.
Philippines Agrobiodiversity: Seed exchange provides farmers better yields amidst drought
06/12/2019
Rice may be the staple food in the Philippines, but its production is vulnerable to weather changes. Climate change has significantly affected farmers: as a crop that is heavily dependent on water, its yields drop significantly in case of droughts, which in turn lead to lower incomes for farmers....