The GEF has approved eight projects led by the FAO worth nearly $60 million designed to help seven countries improve their management of agricultural landscapes, promote climate-friendly and biodiversity-positive livestock production, and restore forest, coastal, and marine ecosystems.

The last sprint toward 2030, the GEF-9 cycle will implementing the agenda for the world’s family of funds for the environment.

With GEF support, two traditional agricultural systems rooted in the ancestral knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples in the northern Andean highlands and the southern mountain ranges of Chile have been recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by the Food and ...

In the Small Island Developing State of Timor-Leste, where 42 percent of the population live below the national poverty line, communities that rely on aquatic resources face a harsh reality. 

Over the past 60 years, the area of eroded land has increased 1.8 times in Moldova, mainly due to cultivation on sloping lands without the application of soil conservation practices. In response, FAO's land degradation neutrality strategy aims at improving soil health, enhancing sustainability and supporting long-term agricultural resilience in Moldova's districts of Orhei, Rezina and Șoldănești.

The publication aims to strengthen understanding of source-to-sea management and the linkages between lands, rivers, lakes, aquifers, coasts, and the ocean. It promotes an integrated approach to natural resource management and supports the health and resilience of transboundary ecosystems.

The Global Environment Facility’s Food Systems Integrated Program, led by FAO and IFAD, channels $282 million in GEF financing and about $2 billion in co-financing to help countries transform food systems through shifting value chains, business models, finance, policies, institutions, and landscape management.

The United Nations (UN) has named the GEF, IUCN, FAO, and UNEP supported initiative as one of the four new World Restoration Flagships under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Recognizing global efforts to heal degraded ecosystems, boost community incomes and support food security, the announcement was made during a high-level side event at the World Food Forum in Rome, ahead of World Food Day.

The Forestry Division honoured GEF among 24 distinguished nominees at the FAO Global Technical Recognition Ceremony, held on 15 October 2025 at FAO headquarters in Rome.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to support the implementation of a landmark United Nations (UN) treaty aimed at conserving and sustainably using marine biological diversity in waters beyond national jurisdiction. The agreement will come into force in Janua...

مع بزوغ ضوء الصباح على مزرعة برايا داس كونشاس روشا في جزيرة سان تومي، تسير مجموعة من الأطفال متشابكي الأيدي نحو المدرسة، وحقائبهم على ظهورهم. أربعةٌ منهم هم أطفال السيدة Camila Varela De Carvalho، وهي مزارعة كاكاو تبلغ من العمر 32 عامًا. أمّا الأربعة الآخرون، فهم أبناء شقيقها، الذين تتولى تربي...

تولّت السيدةSeuy ، بعد أن فارقت أمّها الحياة، رعاية حقولها ولم تحصل إلا على القليل من المساعدة في حين كانت تربي طفلها لوحدها. وتقول: "أخلط الأسمدة، وأحرث الأرض، وأزرع البذور- أقوم بكل ذلك بمفردي".

على مدى أكثر من أربعة عقود، حصدت السيدة Seuy الأرزّ في أرض ورثتها عن والدها الراحل، الذي و...

The forthcoming ratification by 60 countries of the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Ag...

عندما يشعر الناس في غولريز، وهي قرية صغيرة في شرق طاجيكستان، بالتوعك، فإنهم لا يسافرون دائمًا إلى أقرب بلدة لتلقّي الرعاية الطبية. وبدلاً من ذلك، غالبًا ما يلجأون إلى السيد Dzhamolov Mahmadali، المعالج المحلي في مجتمعهم الذي يقدم علاجًا طبيعيًّا باستخدام نباتات من الجبال المحيطة.

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Southern Iraq’s marshland, desert and rangeland ecosystems have long supported farming and grazing communities with water, food, grazing lands, and income for generations. By promoting sustainable land management through policy change and enhanced practices, FAO and the GEF are helping to mitigate the impacts of soil salinization and climate on these ecosystems.

To advance the transparency of forest data and strengthen their National Forest Monitoring Sy...

Representatives from national governments, development partners, research institutions, and youth networks from across Africa gathered in Nairobi for the meeting of the Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP). Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the FSIP focuses on transforming global...

The Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program is sharing soil conservation farming techniques, mechanized tools that reduce the labor burden, and access to quality, drought-tolerant seeds and tree seedlings for climate resilience and gender equality.

Stretching from Bhutan to Papua New Guinea, the Indo-Malaya forest biome harbors one of the last major primary forest areas in the world, hosting more than 5,000 threatened species. To maintain the integrity of these primary forests, so they can deliver biodiversity, climate, and livelihood benefits, the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Forests Integrated Program was launched.

Ms. Laila, a 40-year-old mother of four children from Qarghayi district in Laghman province, faced challenges in providing food for her family. Her husband, a local farmer, earned very little, and they owned only two goats. With no personal income, Liala depended entirely on this limited liveliho...