Results
UN Water
UN-Water is the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater related issues, including sanitation.
It provides the platform to address the cross-cutting nature of water and maximize system-wide coordinated action and coherence. The scope of UN-Water’s work encompasses all aspects [...]
UN-REDD - United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries was launched in 2008 and builds on the convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), [...]
UNFF - United Nations Forum on Forests
In October 2000, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), a subsidiary body with the main objective to promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests [...]
UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UNISDR’s mandate is to serve as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations system and regional organizations and activities in [...]
VGGT - Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security promote secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests as a means of eradicating hunger and [...]
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission - WECAFC
The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and [...]