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Some 40,000 delegates from 195 countries, including heads of state and prominent figures in the fight against climate change, will gather in Paris 30 November – 11 December for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention Climate Change (COP21). The Paris climate conference aims to...

The fisheries sector holds an important potential for food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa region. Total capture fisheries production (marine and inland) in the region has increased steadily from less than 0.5 million tonnes in the 1980s to the recent level of nearly 3.5 million...

The Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity (WSI), launched by FAO in 2013, was formulated to support the countries of the NENA region (the Middle East and North Africa) to deal with one of their most pressing challenges: monitoring of food security and water for a sustainable economic and social and,...

Healthy soils are essential for achieving food security and nutrition and provide various ecosystem services, including maintenance of biodiversity and resilience to climate variability and climate change. Emphasising on the fact that soil performs fundamental roles for human well-being, the Ministry of Agriculture of Jordan and the Food and Agriculture Organisation...

The FAO Representation in   Lebanon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Terre Liban,   is organizing a tree-planting event at the Baabda Forest on Saturday 21 March   from 10:30 – 12:00 am. Mr. Ross Mountain, United Nations Resident Coordinator   in Lebanon, will participate in this...