Policy makers and stakeholders from 17 sub-Saharan African countries came together on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, to discuss the responsible governance of tenure as a vehicle to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), combat drought and desertification. This webinar was the first of a capacity building process organized by the Food...

To mark the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), a group of 31 water experts call on for water resilience to be brought to the forefront of building resilient and sustainable food systems that can provision communities, economies and ecosystems into a rapidly changing world. This statement was endorsed by...

Entre el 22 y 30 de septiembre, FAO organizará seminarios web en diferentes idiomas para presentar los últimos progresos y las necesidades de aceleración para alcanzar la meta 6.4 de los ODS. El acceso a agua y saneamiento y la gestión adecuada de los ecosistemas de agua dulce se encuentran en...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for climate action. Carbon sequestration involves the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the form of soil organic carbon (SOC), with the...

The 9th #GlobalSoilPartnership

This week global conservation experts will convene at the IUCN World Conservation Congress to set priorities and drive conservation and sustainable development action. The IUCN’s 1400+ government, civil society and indigenous peoples’ member organisations will vote on major issues, resulting in actions which can guide humanity’s relationship with our planet...

The agriculture sector is at a pivotal moment and finding innovative solutions is essential to meeting water, energy and food demands. Circular approaches can help close the nutrient loop between the sanitation and agriculture sectors whilst addressing major global water, energy and food security issues. FAO and the Toilet Board Coalition...