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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.
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...
UN-REDD and FAO put forests-food systems nexus at the heart of European Development Days debates
28/06/2021
More than 30% of the world’s land area is covered by forests. FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 found that despite a slowing of the rate of deforestation in the...
Climate Action + Forests = Sustainable Development
14/06/2021
Chile's forests cover 19 percent of the country's territory and represent a valuable biological treasure that has sustained native peoples for generations. As ecosystem threats become more pressing, Chile is...
Why we need to transform our food systems to halt deforestation
10/06/2021
We are in the midst of a confluence of crises. Climate change and biodiversity loss threaten our natural and human systems. COVID-19 has disrupted lives and livelihoods across the planet,...
Indigenous peoples paving the way for inclusive forest monitoring
08/06/2021
The Paris Agreement was adopted at a 2015 international climate conference, galvanizing countries around the world to initiate drastic action to mitigate climate change. It also helped kickstart global recognition...
Land use and livelihoods dominate discussions on transforming food systems to halt deforestation
08/06/2021
Transforming food systems can deliver on a multitude of commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How we produce, process, trade and consume food products influences poverty (SDG 1), good health and well-being...
Open Tenure: newly updated tool enhances recognition of forest tenure rights
07/06/2021
Covering 31 percent of global land area, forests are major carbon sinks that play an important role in combatting climate change. Despite the critical need to remove carbon from the...