The GEF and the Least Developed Countries Fund are jointly supporting a new project led by the FAO that will enable communities along Benin’s southern coast to restore and sustainably manage the endangered mangrove forests they inhabit by helping them to

16 countries will benefit from projects designed to conserve biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services, combat land degradation, and preserve natural resources on land and water

FAO will help implement projects in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela, which will benefit 439,000 people, half of whom are women.

The webpage elaborates on FAO-led projects approved in the December 2020 work program under GEF-7

The 59th GEF Council agreed to support FAO projects in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan worth a total of USD 12.5 million.

The 59th GEF Council agreed to support a FAO project in Brazil with a funding of USD 3.4 million

A USD 6.3 million will support Chile in deploying actions related to the restoration and conservation of the landscape, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

In a webinar with GEF CEO, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, FAO addresses how investing in carbon sequestration, both in vegetation and in soils, can help meet the Paris Agreement.

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening collaboration on eradicating hunger and achieving food security in Argentina and in the world.

Our world’s oceans may be a mystery to us, but they’re the source of livelihoods of many fishermen (and women) around the world. The article takes a deep dive into how this ancient tradition is adapting to the modern conditions.

Coastal Fisheries Initiative teams up with female fishers to keep the food chain alive

The Restoration Initiative (TRI) national project in Sao Tome and Principe is working to support short value chains based on the sustainable exploitation of non-timber forest products.

The initiative aims at restoring degraded landscape and enhancing the socio-economic development of local communities.

The webinar will highlight global and national efforts’ on forest monitoring that support the implementation of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.

The indigenous women spearheading an FAO-GEF forest conservation project.

Can solid data inform good decisions when it comes to sustainable forest management? FAO is working with the GEF through the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency to help countries expand their data collection and analysis capabilities in support

This World Food Day, FAO is reaffirming its commitment to work together with the GEF towards solutions for our shared community: our member states and the communities they represent.

Register for this online learning event to better understand how FAO is building capacity towards enhanced transparency in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector

María Cristina protects endangered prehistoric trees because keeping ecosystems healthy keeps us healthy

The virtual event will launch the “FAO Green Cities Action Programme”, a new initiative focusing on small, intermediate and metropolitan cities that aims to improve people’s wellbeing through increased availability of and access to products and services p