Latest news and updates from the partnership

GEF allotment helps Azerbaijan and Tajikistan protect natural resources and biodiversity
11/12/2020
The 59th GEF Council agreed to support FAO projects in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan worth a total of USD 12.5 million.

GEF finances a project in Brazil to strengthen the sustainable management of natural resources in the Amazon region (Portugese))
11/12/2020
The 59th GEF Council agreed to support a FAO project in Brazil with a funding of USD 3.4 million

Chile receives a boost for biodiversity restoration (Spanish)
11/12/2020
A USD 6.3 million will support Chile in deploying actions related to the restoration and conservation of the landscape, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Carbon offsetting: A way to reach the Paris Agreement goals
04/12/2020
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 and Argentina together to fight hunger and promote food security globally
26/11/2020
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.

Looking below the surface of the importance of World Fisheries Day
21/11/2020
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.

Ramping up resilience: door to door deliveries scheme helps vulnerable households
20/11/2020
Coastal Fisheries Initiative teams up with female fishers to keep the food chain alive

Sustainable agroforestry value chains to support forest and landscape restoration in Sao Tome and Principe
10/11/2020
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.

FAO's support to the ILMAMUSI Community Forest Association in Kenya
10/11/2020
The initiative aims at restoring degraded landscape and enhancing the socio-economic development of local communities.

Webinar on Open and Transparent Forest Data: Innovation and Technology for Climate Action | 11-Nov-2020 | Register here!
02/11/2020
The webinar will highlight global and national efforts’ on forest monitoring that support the implementation of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.

The female guardians of Venezuela’s Imataca Forest Reserve
27/10/2020
The indigenous women spearheading an FAO-GEF forest conservation project.

Connecting forest health to climate action - An interview with Rocio Cóndor from the CBIT-Forest project
23/10/2020
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

Working together to grow, nourish, and sustain
16/10/2020
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.

FAO and the Enhanced Transparency Framework: Addressing transparency in the agriculture and land use sectors
06/10/2020
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

Protecting biodiversity in Chile amidst a pandemic
30/09/2020
María Cristina protects endangered prehistoric trees because keeping ecosystems healthy keeps us healthy

Virtual launch of FAO's Green Cities Action Programme|18-Sept-2020|Register here!
17/09/2020
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

Webinar on Forest Data and Transparency: ‘Zoom in’ on the Experience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23-Sept-2020 | Register here!
16/09/2020
23rd September, 2020: This international technical webinar
aims to give a general overview of the ongoing work being done in the African region on forest monitoring and climate action;
present the “Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency – Forest

Homegrown food. Homegrown heroes.
16/09/2020
Nourishing families and communities through home gardens in Sri Lanka

Against the odds, meet a farmer who continues farming to support his family and build his community
15/09/2020
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a "brave, visionary and collaborative" response to COVID-19.

Sustaining the future of agriculture and securing food production of upland communities in Cambodia
14/09/2020
FAO's Life and Nature project in Cambodia aims to improve adaptive capacity of rural communities to impacts of climate change and strengthen ecosystem services to support agriculture and to attain food security.