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Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements on FAO’s work to halt deforestation, forest degradation and emissions. Here you will find updates on new initiatives, key milestones, and important information from countries and partners working together for forests, climate and sustainable development.
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINEDD) and the FAO launch the deforestation-free cocoa production project to reduce emissions in Côte d'Ivoire
23/09/2021
The Ivorian government, through the combined action of several ministries, including the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINEDD), aims to gradually restore its forest cover to 20% by 2030....
Government action for forest positive landscapes: food-for-thought for the Food Systems Summit
22/09/2021
We stand face to face with a ‘quadruple’ planetary emergency, consisting of the interlinked crises of climate change, global health, biodiversity and food security. To meet these pressing global challenges...
Exploring the role of forest foods in Colombia
02/09/2021
As highlighted by the UN Decade of Family Farming, forests are essential for food security, livelihoods and natural resource management for smallholder farmers and family farmers worldwide. Rural populations source...
Innovations in Equity: How Countries Are Approaching REDD+ Benefit Sharing Plans
02/09/2021
Following more than a decade of REDD+ readiness and implementation of specific actions to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, many forested countries are now starting to approach the Results-based Payments...
Latin American countries share experiences and lessons learned on REDD+ Results-based Payments
02/09/2021
In May, 2021, UN-REDD organised its first Global Knowledge Exchange for Latin American countries to share important lessons learned from seeking to access Results-based Payments (RBPs) for REDD+. Over two...
Forest restoration solutions to transform food systems
02/09/2021
The world’s current method of food production isn’t working. Not for the estimated 500 million farming households in the developing world who produce one third of the world’s food, nor...
Lower Mekong countries set their priorities on sustainable forest trade
16/07/2021
Already a hotspot for tropical forests and biodiversity, in recent decades the Lower Mekong Region (LMR) has also become a hotspot for deforestation. Between 1990-2015, the region lost about 4.7 million hectares of forest, as a result...
Zambia: how to survive when rain and forests dwindle
15/07/2021
"This year, we’ve seen the worst drought ever. Usually, the rivers run dry here in this southern part of Zambia by July, but this year, they were empty already by...
La prevención de futuras pandemias comienza con la protección de nuestros bosques
14/07/2021
A medida que la covid-19 se sigue cobrando vidas y desestabilizando las economías de todo el mundo, es casi inimaginable pensar en las pandemias que pueden venir después de esta. Pero es...
Preventing Future Pandemics Starts with Protecting Our Forests
07/07/2021
As COVID-19 continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, it is almost unfathomable to think about pandemics that may come after this one. But today, on World...