FAO and the GEF

Partnering for sustainable agri-food systems and the environment

Latest news and updates from the partnership

26/11/2020
FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening collaboration on eradicating hunger and achieving food security in Argentina and in the world.
21/11/2020
Our world’s oceans may be a mystery to us, but they’re the source of livelihoods of many fishermen (and women) around the world. The article takes a deep dive into how this ancient tradition is adapting to the modern conditions.
20/11/2020
Coastal Fisheries Initiative teams up with female fishers to keep the food chain alive
10/11/2020
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) national project in Sao Tome and Principe is working to support short value chains based on the sustainable exploitation of non-timber forest products.
10/11/2020
The initiative aims at restoring degraded landscape and enhancing the socio-economic development of local communities.
02/11/2020
The webinar will highlight global and national efforts’ on forest monitoring that support the implementation of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.
27/10/2020
The indigenous women spearheading an FAO-GEF forest conservation project.
23/10/2020
Can solid data inform good decisions when it comes to sustainable forest management? FAO is working with the GEF through the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency to help countries expand their data collection and analysis capabilities in support
16/10/2020
This World Food Day, FAO is reaffirming its commitment to work together with the GEF towards solutions for our shared community: our member states and the communities they represent.
06/10/2020
Register for this online learning event to better understand how FAO is building capacity towards enhanced transparency in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector
30/09/2020
María Cristina protects endangered prehistoric trees because keeping ecosystems healthy keeps us healthy
17/09/2020
The virtual event will launch the “FAO Green Cities Action Programme”, a new initiative focusing on small, intermediate and metropolitan cities that aims to improve people’s wellbeing through increased availability of and access to products and services p
16/09/2020
23rd September, 2020: This international technical webinar aims to give a general overview of the ongoing work being done in the African region on forest monitoring and climate action; present the “Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency – Forest
16/09/2020
Nourishing families and communities through home gardens in Sri Lanka
15/09/2020
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a "brave, visionary and collaborative" response to COVID-19.
14/09/2020
FAO's Life and Nature project in Cambodia aims to improve adaptive capacity of rural communities to impacts of climate change and strengthen ecosystem services to support agriculture and to attain food security.
09/09/2020
The micro-watershed management approach promoted by the Life and Nature Project (LNP), funded by GEF, offered a practical approach to addressing climate change adaptation for both local authorities and farmers facing the daunting consequences of climate c
01/09/2020
FAO's Life and Nature project in the region is supporting the development and use of integrated micro-watershed management approach to improve rural livelihoods.
12/08/2020
In the last few years, communities in Preah Vihear have been at high risk of losing this forest due to illegal logging and forest encroachment, with a high risk of severe water shortage. However, the situation has significantly improved.
07/08/2020
Combating food insecurity in Peru with ancestral solidarity during the COVID-19 crisis