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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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What’s in a name? FAO and CIFOR explore definitions, concepts and drivers of Transformational change in integrated landscape management
05/11/2021
Addressing the series of crises facing humanity – the most urgent being environmental, health, and food – will take collective global action. In recent years, countries have stepped up their...
REDD+ and National Forest Monitoring at COP26 Glasgow
28/10/2021
Kicking off on 2 November, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, is an annual event that bolsters international cooperation on climate action. At COP, national emissions and climate commitments are reviewed and r
Invitation to Submit A proposal for the provision of Global and regional analysis of underlying drivers of deforestation
21/10/2021
Invitation to submit proposal for the provision of “Global and regional analysis of underlying drivers of deforestation".
Full details in the document available here
Closing date and time: 9 November 2021...
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FAO and MAFF launch a series of UN Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogues to highlight approaches and tools for forest-positive commodity value chains
01/10/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Climate finance opportunities to foster...
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...
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...
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...