Building capacity related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs 3)

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11 July 2023
Castries, Saint Lucia Over 30 young students were taught the value and importance of preserving a local river for a better life The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) took decisive steps to guide children and young people of Saint Lucia towards a better environment and consequently...
29 June 2023
FAO, together with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in the framework of the EU funded project ACP MEAs 3, organized a series of regional webinars to discuss priorities and actions following the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-COP15) and the...
16 May 2023
Trees are essential to the ecosystem. From their visible branches, trunks and leaves, to their complex root systems below ground. They safeguard air quality, provide oxygen, and conserve water. Beyond that, they nurture climate amelioration, soil preservation and help sustain this planet’s biodiversity. Everyone has the responsibility to conserve trees...
11 May 2023
It is said that “nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” (Lao Tzu). Mangroves are one of nature’s true accomplishments. These tropical plants are adapted to loose, wet soils, salt water tides and provide a natural infrastructure — a safety net — for their surroundings. They reduce soil erosion...
05 May 2023
Important strategic partnership aims to increase the production of the island’s world-class cocoa Saint Lucia’s cocoa beans are among the highest quality, being fine or flavour cocoa, and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Saint Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development...
04 May 2023
In Zimbabwe the seasons are changing, with irregular rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures, but the resilience of rural farmers against climate change is shining thanks to an innovative partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Government of Zimbabwe. With funding from the European Union (EU),...
22 February 2023
Partner States of East African Community (EAC) - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda - are collaborating to promote sound life cycle pesticide management with FAO support through the EU funded programme on Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Phase 3 (“ACP MEAs 3”). The joint...
21 February 2023
Mangroves are in decline globally, with mangrove forest cover decreasing by over 1 million hectares worldwide in the past two decades. But in the Caribbean things are different: in this part of the world, mangrove cover actually expanded over the period 2000 to 2015.  The ACP MEAs 3 team in...
19 December 2022
Global Project Coordinator Kim-Anh Tempelman represented ACP MEAs 3 at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), which took place in Montreal from 7-19 December 2022 What was the ACP MEAs 3 contribution to CBD COP15? Over the past couple of years...
17 October 2022
For many smallholder farmers nestled in the green rolling hills of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, rice production is the primary source of income and nutrition In the village of Kapunga in Tanzania's Mbarali district, smallholder farmers depend on rice cultivation as their number one source of income. Here the EU-funded FAO...
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