Latest news and updates from the partnership
Seeds of Change: How Farmers in Cambodia Built Resilient Livelihoods
30/01/2025
In the quiet village of Tean Kam Thbong in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, a small group of farmers is rewriting their future. Together, they form the Rumduol Tean Kam Agricultural Cooperative (AC), a close-knit community of 97 members (38 women). What began as a small initiative in 2009 has grown into a movement of hope and resilience, supported by the Promoting Climate-resilient Livelihoods in Rice-based Communities in the Tonle Sap Region (PCRL) project and its partners.
Angola Advances Sustainability Goals with Agroecological and Conservation Zones
20/01/2025
The ZAEC Project is a transformative initiative that has made significant strides in reversing land degradation across southwestern Angola. The project has delivered impactful results, advancing Angola’s environmental sustainability goals and benefiting thousands of people in the target regions.
Sustainable soil management in Turkmenistan: Tackling salinity and erosion challenges through the Global Soil Doctors Programme
07/01/2025
The Global Soil Doctors Programme launches in Turkmenistan to address the risks and challenges of salinity and erosion on agricultural lands.
Global Environment Facility approves $68 million for agrifood systems solutions
24/12/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 22 countries unlock $68 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address biodiversity loss, groundwater management, climate change, land degradation, and pollution.
Piloting forest fire prevention through landscape restoration in Chile
20/12/2024
In the town of Poñen, Florida commune, initial actions were carried out as part of the strategic alliance between the GEF Landscape Restoration Project and the CONAF Communities Prepared for Forest Fires Program, focused on preventing fires through landscape restoration and integrated land manage...
GEF Small Grants Program’s new phase
17/12/2024
The GEF Small Grants Program is a flagship initiative that over the past three decades has enabled civil society organizations to access funding and technical assistance for community action related to the environment and sustainable livelihoods. It specifically supports Indigenous Peoples and...
$282 million Food Systems Integrated Program launches at UNCCD COP 16 in Riyadh
06/12/2024
The GEF-8 Food Systems Integrated Program launches to support 32 countries in transforming their food systems
The Food Systems Integrated Program launches at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, with promising prospects for climate and the environment
06/12/2024
The Global Environment Facility-funded initiative will promote sustainable and resilient crops, commodities, livestock and aquaculture systems across 32 countries.
Food Systems Integrated Program to be launched at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh
03/12/2024
The GEF-8 Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), co-led by FAO and IFAD, will be officially launched during the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 on 5 December 2024, as part of the AgriFood Systems Day. This key event will highlight the vision and strategies of th...
Learning opportunities for all: Forest monitoring for climate action
03/12/2024
FAO’s Forest Monitoring for Climate Action e-learning series has become a pioneer for inclusive capacity development, offering accessible and flexible learning opportunities
Communication4Change in Cambodia: Strengthening Capacities to Promote Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Fisheries
28/11/2024
Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful project implementation, especially when addressing complex challenges like climate change and sustainable development. Visual storytelling, in particular, has become a powerful tool for engaging audiences, conveying key messages, and inspirin...
Peru promotes open access to forestry and wildlife information
27/11/2024
The National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, as the National Forestry and Wildlife Authority, has taken a significant step in promoting open access to the information it generates, collects, processes, and makes available to the pu...
Green businesses for biodiversity and climate action
21/11/2024
It’s the crack of dawn. Magnolia Ordoñez leaves in a small boat along with her husband - the captain- and her colleagues— all women. Their task: to find and collect pianguas, a type of saltwater clam, that lives buried within the roots of mangrove trees in the Pacific region of Colombia.
Paving the way for sustainable fisheries in the Red Sea
12/11/2024
Representatives from seven Red Sea coastal countries convened in Jeddah for a validation meeting on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project titled, "Promoting Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Red Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (RedSeaFish)." Led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (...
From hardship to harvest in Kazakhstan
05/11/2024
The eyes of Aishagul Duganova, a 48-year-old mother of three, light up as she talks about her new greenhouse, which is bringing with it a new stability amidst her family's health problems and money troubles.
In the village of Koram, around 150 kilometers east of Almaty in Kazakhstan, Ai...
Advancing biodiversity goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
30/10/2024
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today presented the progress made in Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the targets set in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which outlines concrete goals for the protecti...
Tajikistan joins Rotterdam Convention for a better environment
30/10/2024
For more than a year, FAO has been facilitating and supporting the acce...
CBIT Forest: Over 2 500 participants will advance Forest Monitoring capacities
29/10/2024
The National Forest Inventory (NFI) online facilitated course officially begins today, following an overwhelming international interest. A total of 2 520 participants from 141 countries have registered, signaling strong international interest to enhance skills in forest data collection, analysis and reporting.
Bangladesh Strengthens Commitment to Forest Data Transparency and Sustainable Development
29/10/2024
The Bangladesh Forest Department, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has made a significant step toward forest data transparency by creating metadata, microdata, and supplementary resources from its National Forest Inventory (NFI) publicly available on the
Building Resilience in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Addressing Climate Change Risks in Bangladesh
28/10/2024
Recent findings from the Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA), reveal the alarming impacts of climate change on the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Bangladesh.