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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2023, “Her Land. Her Rights”. Read more >

14/06/2023

FAO and CBAS sign a memorandum of understanding and launch a work plan for the next 3 years. Read more >>>

07/06/2023

On 6 June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) signed a memorandum of understanding during a virtual signing ceremony, with the aim to improve land, soil, water and crop data...

Eight actions we can all take to save water. Watch the video!

31/05/2023

Discover the special issue on Water of the Land and Water Update!

09/05/2023

Multilingual Technical Guide on the Responsible Governance of Tenure and Land Degradation Neutrality now available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish!

08/05/2023

Produced jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with contributions from multiple stakeholders, the English version of the technical guide was launched in May 2022 at UNCCD COP15, opening a new chapter on ongoing efforts to...

FAO Land and Water Director and Deputy Head to DC Following UN Water Conference. Read more >>>

21/04/2023

Navigating water tenure in Senegal. Levelling the playing field on access to a vital resource. Read more >

03/04/2023

Join the regional webinars on integrating tenure into land restoration initiatives, 15-17 May 2023 >>>

02/04/2023

FAO welcomes the outcomes of UN 2023 Water Conference. Read more >

02/04/2023

Presentation of WaPOR database version 3.0 and the new WaPOR portal, 5 May, register here >>>

01/04/2023

Friday, 5 May 2023 from 9.00 to 10.30 CEST | FAO headquarters (Ethiopia Room) and online Register here to join the event on Zoom >>> WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and...