The role of the Commission is to assist member countries to manage and prevent Desert Locust, and to prepare for and respond to emergencies caused by it. The CRC concentrates on integrated approaches that: support the development, sharing and adaptation of preventive control strategies, explore approaches for assessing [...]

The Commission on Livestock Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (CODEGALAC) is the technical advisory forum on animal production and health for the LAC Regional Conference. Established in 1986 by the FAO Council at the request of its Member Nations, [...]

DLCC purpose is to:- to keep the Desert Locust situation under review;- to coordinate the Desert Locust control campaign in the Arabian Peninsula and other affected areas;- to promote the overall coordination of work by various national and regional anti-locust [...]

The Three Pillars of the EuFMD strategy to counter the threat of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is to work simultaneously with member countries on their preparedness, with European neighbours to put in place sustainable control programmes, and to support and [...]

Since 2001 GFMC is serving as coordinator and facilitator of the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network, a global voluntary network that is providing policy advice, and science and technology transfer to enable nations: • to reduce [...]

The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock aims at catalyzing multi-stakeholder action to improve the livestock sector’s use of natural resources whilst ensuring its contribution to food security and livelihoods. To be sustainable, livestock sector growth needs to simultaneously address key environmental, [...]