In between rolling green hills in Badghis are pistachio sites – both manmade by FAO that has just started to germinate, and further down, as seen through the binoculars, the centuries-old forest that is protected by FAO through the Forest Management Association (FMA) with funds from the Gl...

المجتمعات المحلية في بيرو تعمل مع السلطات المحلية لحماية النظم الإيكولوجية البحرية الفريدة التي تعتمد عليها البيئة المحيطة وسبل عيشها. وقامت مبادرة مصايد الأسماك الساحلية التابعة لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة والممولة من مرفق البيئة العالمية ببناء قدرة المجتمع المحلي لكين يتمكن من الإشراف على نظمه الإي...

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Any new legally binding instrument on plastic pollution will need to take account of how plastics are used in different sub-sectors and what options there are to reduce their negative impacts. For FAO, as a specialized agency of the United Nations leading global discussions on food and agricultur...

The Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL-IP), led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financed with support from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), organized its first Regional Workshop in Southern Africa on 22-26 May, bringing together ove...

A side event at the 2023 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement Review Conference showcased positive contributions of the Common Oceans Program to more effective and sustainable fisheries management

 Great results in ecosystem restoration can be achieved when different stakeholders, local communities and decision-makers join forces to deliver impact. The Restoration Initiative unites three Global Environment Facility agencies – the International Union for Conservation of Natu...

Representatives of eight countries and partners contributing to the Drylands Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL-IP), Regional Cluster in Southern Africa meet in Harare to acc...

ومنذ عام 2019، تعلّمت أكثر من 400 امرأة مقيمة في مواقع المشروع التجريبي كيفية إنتاج مصنوعات يدوية غير خشبية ومراعية للبيئة من أجل بيعها. وحققت تلك النساء زيادة في دخلهن بفضل مهاراتهن الجديدة أو المحسّنة، الأمر الذي مكنهنّ من خفض اعتمادهن على الرعي وقطع الأشجار وتحسين تغذية وسبل عيش أطفالهن وأسرهن.

A new project launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry aims to Strengthen the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Forest Landscapes in Türkiye’s Kaz Dağları Region.

The Global Farmer Field School Platform from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is comprised of vast networks active at all scales, all with the intention of b...

Fui elegida Capitana kariña en el 2013, la única y primera mujer indígena kariña para ese entonces en el año 2013 y eso fue muy importante para abrir una puerta a la participación de la mujer en el Pueblo kariña, Capitana” significa ser la li...

The FAO-IFAD Program development team invites stakeholders to contribute to the newly developed documents for the Food Systems Integrated Program (GEF-8) – the Theory of Change and the Draft Results Framework, and to share experiences and provide views and suggestions on these two documents...

Fishing community leaders, a scientist and a government representative explain what 8 March means to them

To conserve the pistachio forest and put cash in the pockets of farmers in Afghanistan, a FAO-GEF project excavated trenches and terraces and distributed pistachio seeds and saplings to provide alternative livelihood options to local communities in Badghis Province

For over 20 years, Ajibu Kalole of Ngatala village in Mangochi district has depended on...

Farmer clubs were trained on aquaculture best management practices and horticultural production. “From now on, I will be harvesting a different type of fruit or crop every month. I started on a small scale because of doubts, but now I am seeing potential from the crops I have and the future is bright and scaling up is the way am going.”

Three GEF-7 projects were launched in Ankara that will focus on biodiversity conservation, sustainable forest management, ecosystem management, water conservation, and climate change mitigation in Türkiye. The projects are:

• Strengthening the conservation of biodiversi...

The GEF-funded partnership continues to address challenges and strengthen cooperation on deep-sea fisheries and biodiversity conservation in shared marine waters.

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The ‘Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management’ Initiative has been collaborating with InsightShare over the course of 2022 to train and mentor carefully selected participants on participatory video (PV), how it is used, and what sets it apart from traditional Monitoring and Ev...