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The eastern area of the Mediterranean Sea is brimming with non-indigenous species – i.e. species that have travelled, often over large distances, and taken root in new waters. These species include fish, jellyfish, snails, prawns, urchins and more. We know this because a 2021 report by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)...
05.06.2022

Designation of HRH Princess Basma bint Ali as FAO Goodwill Ambassador for Near East and North Africa
03.06.2022

30 May 2022, Cairo, Egypt – “Climate change has become one of the most serious challenges we face today, not only because of the threat it poses to economies and development efforts, but also to people's lives and the survival of all living things on the planet,” said AbdulHakim Elwaer,...
31.05.2022

31 May 2022, Saudi Arabia – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations participated in the International Exhibition and Forum for Afforestation Techniques held at the Riyadh International Center, organized by the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MoEWA), in cooperation with the National Center for...
31.05.2022

Iraq, Rabea, 30 May 2022 – The rehabilitated North Al-Jazeera irrigation project was officially inaugurated yesterday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ministries of Water Resources, of Agriculture and of Planning, Ninewa Governorate, farmers union and community leaders with generous funding by the European Union.  The North Al-Jazeera...
30.05.2022