#Read Now: Barroso presents annual report 2020
04 December 2020
04 December 2020
Rome.- After two years of its designation as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, the Barroso Agro-sylvo-pastoral System presented its first report assessing the status of activities carried out in 2019-2020.
The report presents the main activities developed after the designation as a FAO GIAHS site, the efforts made to promote it inside and outside the territory as well as the activities made to implement the activities foreseen in the approved action...
A statement by FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu
Webinar with Spain, Costa Rica and the Private Sector
Forest and soils to help the planet
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Speech by the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu
As prepared
Your Excellency, First Vice President of the Government of Spain,
Your Excellency, Vice President of Costa Rica,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. By 2050, the world’s population will be close to 10 billion people. We will need to feed them and at the same time...
L'Horta de València celebra su primer aniversario como Sistema Importante del Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial
30 November 2020
30 November 2020
Con motivo del 1er Aniversario del reconocimiento al Sistema de riego histórico en l'Horta de València en España como Sistema Importante del Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial (SIPAM), la Cátedra Ciudadana de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia celebra un diálogo virtual con diferentes actores para reflexionar e intercambiar ideas sobre cómo un reconocimiento internacional de un territorio como SIPAM puede aportar valor añadido a las iniciativas agroalimentarias en el área agrícola periurbana...
Hand in Hand with nature: Understanding Nature-Based Solutions in agriculture through GIAHS
26 November 2020
26 November 2020
The GIAHS-Secretariat is pleased to announce its participation in the first webinar of a series on Nature-Based Solutions in Agriculture organized by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) on 1st December at 12 (CET).
It is organized under the Regional Initiative focused on“Managing natural resources sustainably under a changing climate.” The event seeks to to generate a multi-stakeholder platform to upscale Nature-Based Solutions in Agriculture in the region,...