The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched a new phase of work – supported with $2 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – to assist developing countries in monitoring and reporting data on both the state and changes in their fores...

The project supported Bangladesh in its efforts to Paris agreement implementation in following areas: developed an integrated climate change measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) platform (mrv.eis.gov.bd) for GHG Inventory, Mitigation Actions, Adaptation Actions, and Finance tracking and ...

Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. Actions to move towards efficient, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems must be at the heart of global climate action to mitigate emissions, build resilience, and ensure food security for all. The article looks at how FAO is helping countries access climate finance through its partnership with the GEF and addressing the critical nexus of climate change and food security.

Building on the major Global Environment Facility (GEF) endorsement of FAO’s bioeconomy work, the “Bananas in Pakistan's Bioeconomy: Transforming Waste into Textile” project took its first steps toward implementation during a mission in Sindh Region this November. International ...

The GEF-funded REDESAR project has helped many beneficiaries like Auzileide by increasing awareness about sustainable cultivation and in turn redefining their relationship with the environment.

"In the past, I used to sell my animals at a very low price at the beginning of winter, because they might otherwise die because of diseases and malnutrition. This year, improvements made to my stable make me optimistic that they will survive. My family can continue benefitting from dairy product...

FAO's GEF-funded project in Afghanistan's Bamyan province is implementing community-driven approaches to sustainable land management to restore degraded rangelands. The project recently supported construction of Passive Solar Houses (PSH) to provide alternative livelihood options to the community, decrease land degradation, and increase rangeland productivity.

自2017年以来，尤斯图斯和他的社区一直在实施印度尼西亚传统的渔业共管系统Sasi。这是一套由土著人民、宗教领袖和政府共同商定的规则，用于管理他们所在地区的自然资源，其中包括实施休渔期，让鱼有机会繁殖。他们还敦促渔民使用环保渔具，只捕捉已经成熟的目标鱼种。 作为Sasi的一部分，尤斯图斯和他的渔民伙伴们在村庄周围监测鱼类资源。他说，他们注意到近年来出现了更多不同的物种，甚至就在自己高脚屋下面的水中。 

何塞·奥古斯托·洛佩斯·詹布拉诺是厄瓜多尔港口城市曼塔的第三代渔民。他今年41岁，是两个孩子的父亲。三十年来，何塞一直用竿钓方式捕金枪鱼。按照这种方法，放下钓线之前，他先要把活饵扔进水里吸引金枪鱼。 

In the town of Sivrihisar in Eskisehir province, members of the “Asma Yaprağı Women’s Cooperative” have begun cultivating tomatoes in a new 528-metre greenhouse provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The initiative forms part of the &ldquo...

Rome/Vancouver, 30 August - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the launch of a Global Biodiversity Framework Fund at the 7th GEF Assembly...

In July 2023, the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) convened representatives from over 180 countries to review progress on their commitments and reaffirm their determination to transform food systems. UNFSS+2 underlined the importance of addressing the challenges ...

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Environmental leaders from 185 countries will gather at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada for the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility from August 22-26. Building on recent diplomatic breakthroughs on biodiversity loss, toxic chemicals, and the high seas, the GEF...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and in collaboration with the communities in Asmar and Manogi districts, is supporting the rural societies by constructing 73 water reservoirs with different capacities to cu...

Teaching a man – or woman – to fish may once have been enough to feed them for life. Now they must learn how to fish sustainably. Since 2017, the Global Environment Facility-funded Coastal Fisheries Initiative has been hard at work on three continents and on multiple tracks to do just...

To foster adoption of Land Degradation Neutrality as a policy priority, and to facilitate the exchange of information about challenges and lessons learned in this area, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the GEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Water and Ecol...

 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), along with four partner agencies, has been tasked with leading the Clean and Healthy Oceans Integrated Program, a source-to-sea initiative that will direct up to $115 million in grants to help countries curb land-based pollu...

“Este ha sido uno de los proyectos más importantes que ha llevado a cabo la FAO en Venezuela. Existe un antes y un después con él. En los 7 años que duró, contó con un aporte de USD 8 millones, con lo que se obtuvieron grandes logros”

全球环境基金为这批项目提供的资金总额为1.747亿美元，共同融资金额则达12亿美元。赛梅朵副总干事表示，新项目获批后，粮农组织与全球环境基金的伙伴关系帮助各国获得的资金支持力度将超过14亿美元，共同融资额达到90亿美元，将有力推进农业粮食体系转型，探索应对生物多样性损失、气候变化、生态系统退化以及陆地、淡水和海洋污染的解决方案。