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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.
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Inspiring women and men in forest science and technology: Anwar SidAhmed talks about her career path as a remote sensing and GIS analyst in Sudan
08/03/2020
Science and gender equality are both crucial to a country’s development. In many societies, women often face exclusion in forest-based activities and initiatives resulting from social, economic, and cultural inequalities...
Gender at the forefront of National Forest Monitoring Systems
04/03/2020
Women and men frequently have differing roles, responsibilities and priorities in their use, knowledge and experience of forests. This knowledge can offer critical inputs to policy and field interventions that...
Paraguay demonstrates benefits of forests as a nature-based solution to climate change
17/02/2020
Imagine a forest that covered half of your entire country. A biodiverse forest which supports thousands of species from giant anteaters to armadillos to jaguars. A forest that is home...
How a Robust National Forest Monitoring System Can Boost Transparency under the Paris Agreement
01/02/2020
Three years ago, the Paris Agreement came into effect and with it, a global commitment to limiting the increase of the global average temperature. To meet this goal, countries have...
Panama and Paraguay exchange knowledge on community monitoring and territorial planning
31/01/2020
“I was born in the forest and I have always lived in my comarca, remote and isolated. My grandfather and my father taught me about the forest, the plants and...
Ready to measure: Myanmar is designing and planning its new National Forest Inventory (NFI)
31/01/2020
Myanmar has one of the highest proportions of forest cover in mainland Southeast Asia. According to the Global Forest Resources Assessment, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in...
FAO teams up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
30/01/2020
23 January 2020, Rome, Tsukuba, Japan -FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will...
Pour une gestion durable des ressources forestières et un développement résilient
18/12/2019
Le Fonds National de Réduction des Emissions dues à la Déforestation et à la Dégradation des Forêts (FONAREDD) à travers les fonds de l’Initiative pour la forêt de l'Afrique centrale...
FAO hails Green Climate Fund and country partners
13/12/2019
Director-General QU Dongyu and Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec today jointly hosted a high-level event to celebrate the partnerships between FAO and GCF, supporting countries to take...
Need for transformational change to address food security, agriculture and forestry together
13/12/2019
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for a transformational change aimed at addressing food security, agriculture and forestry together - through a holistic approach.
"It is possible to reconcile food security,...