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[garadinervi]

Gaza Strip 8th Comprehensive Damage Assessment (pdf here) / FAO Gaza Strip Cropland Damage Assessment (pdf here), The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), July 2024

[1critfailnews]

Don't be a Butthole! Practice Safe Sex!

[20may]

Ways to save the bees!

Here are 3 tips to save the colonies of bees

Plant native bee-friendly plants.

Avoid chemicals that can ham bees

Create bee house and leave nesting sites.

From environmentalist, animator and ASALI Power of The Pollinators creator and director Maya Penn and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on how you can save our real world bees and other power pollinators!

[worldtunaday]

Moving towards a more sustainable tuna fishing and biodiversity conservation.

The GEF-funded Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Common Oceans Tuna project aims to ensure that tuna stocks are fished at sustainable levels by 2027.

On this May 2nd; World Tuna Day, learn about its ambitious goals towards more sustainable tuna fishing and biodiversity conservation.

[planthealthday]

Protecting plant health across borders.

Each year, over 240 million containers move between countries, carrying goods including plant products, posing biosecurity risks. In addition, about 80 percent of international trade consignments include wood packaging material, providing a pathway for pest transmission. As a result, damages from invasive pest species incur global economic losses of approximately USD 220 billion annually. Protecting plant health across borders is essential by promoting global collaboration and international standards, such as the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs). Innovative solutions like electronic phytosanitary certification (ePhyto) streamline the process, making trade quicker and more secure. 

[internationaldayofargania]

The Moroccan landscape, traditions and communities behind argan and its oil.

Despite its proximity to several spots along Morocco’s tourist trail, Chtouka Ait Baha’s empty desert mountainscapes are worlds away from the colorful, bustling streets of the country’s cities. However, the relatively remote area is home to the incredible argan tree, a treasure of Morocco that provides one of the country’s most valuable exports: argan oil. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

[motherearthday]

Let's act now to protect our planet!

Our planet provides us with so much... It is our only home.

Via Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

[worldipday]

Where is forest being lost and where is it being gained?

Africa had the largest annual rate of net forest loss in 2010–2020, at 3.9 million ha.

The rate of net forest loss has increased in Africa in each of the three decades since 1990.

Annually South America had a net forest loss of 2.6 million ha in 2010–2020.

The rate of net forest loss has declined substantially in South America, to about half the rate in 2010–2020 compared with 2000–2010.

Asia had the highest net gain of forest area in 2010–2020.

Oceania experienced net losses of forest area in the decades 1990–2000 and 2000–2010.

[intlforestday]

New technological innovations are needed to halt deforestation and forest degradation.

17.00-18.00 - Panel Discussion entitled ''New technological innovations are needed to halt deforestation and forest degradation.''

Keynote speaker: René Colditz, Joint Research Centre, European Commission – EU Observatory on Deforestation and Forest Degradation Moderator: Laura Vary, World Resources Institute

Panelists

Elke Sümnick-Matthaei, SAFE

Roselyn Adjei, Forestry Commission of Ghana

Nicholas Clinton, Google

Michaela Foster, European Forest Institute

Mikaela Weisse, World Resources Institute

Rémi d’Annunzio, FAO Forestry Officer

[pulsesday]

Pulses: Nourishing Soils and People.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at its 73rd session in December 2018, endorsed the request made by the Permanent Representation of Burkina Faso for an annual observance of a World Pulses Day on 10 February. UNGA invited (A/RES/73/251) FAO to facilitate the observance of World Pulses Day. To mark the upcoming celebration, the event will be held on Thursday, 8 February 2024 with the objective of raising awareness about pulses and highlight their critical role in addressing the challenges of food security and global soil health, while improving human health and nutrition, and contributing to multiple Sustainable Development Goals, namely: Zero hunger (SDG-2); Good health and well-being (SDG-3); Responsible consumption and production (SDG-12) and Climate action (SDG-13).

[wetlandsday]

ITALY - Wetlands and Human Wellbeing.

The World Wetlands Day 2024 theme, "Wetlands and Human Wellbeing", is about the interconnectedness between wetlands and various aspects of human health. 

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the Italian Ministry for Environment and Energy Security, will host the World Wetlands Day celebration event on 2nd February 2024. 

The event aims to raise awareness, highlight wetlands' contributions to health and food security,, and inspire actions and partnerships for wetland conservation. The celebration will be held both at FAO Headquarters and online, featuring interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

The full programme and joining details are here.

Visit the World Wetlands Day campaign website here. 

Friday, 2 February 2024 (12:00 – 13:30 CET) Sheikh Zayed Centre, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, and online

[worldfisheriesday]

Regional Trade Agreements and Fisheries and Aquaculture Products: Today and Tomorrow.

The virtual webinar will take place on 28 November 2023. During the webinar, scholars in relevant disciplines, practitioners, and trade experts will be able to share their research, perspectives, and evaluations on numerous fish-related RTA aspects.

Registration: Registration for the webinar will be online at [weblink].

Panellists: Panellists will be professors and experts from a wide range of institutions, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the University of Tokyo and the University of Florida.

Objectives: The workshop aims to promote an understanding of RTAs and their role in fostering more competitive trade opportunities for fisheries and aquaculture products, as well as to examine the advantages and challenges associated with their implementation and the importance of information dissemination.

Date: 28th November 2023 at 11:30 h (CET)

Regional Trade Agreements and Fisheries and Aquaculture Products: Today and Tomorrow.

[ruralwomenday]

2023 International Rural Women's Day Commemoration Seminar.

According to the latest FAO report, women play a crucial role in agricultural and non-agricultural activities, which emerge as agrifood systems develop and economies change. There, women work as farmers, retailers, wage laborers, entrepreneurs, among other tasks. However, gender inequalities in agrifood systems cause women to be disproportionately affected by food and nutritional insecurity, monetary and time poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In view of this situation, the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in the framework of the Commemoration of the International Day of Rural Women and the strengthening of its program for the economic empowerment of this group, invites counterparts from government, civil society, academia, private sector and UN agencies to discuss and propose strategies for closing gender gaps in agrifood systems, during a seminar to be held in hybrid format on October 10, 2023, in Santiago, Chile.

Objectives

The seminar will seek to provide a regional overview of the advances and challenges that promote or obstruct the economic empowerment of rural women in all their diversity, and will make recommendations to strengthen the economic empowerment program for rural women and generate inputs for the FAO Regional Conference -LARC 38, the Regional Conference of ECLAC-UNWomen, among other initiatives within the framework of the rural women's agenda in the region.

During the seminar, examples of legislation, policies and programs will be presented with a focus on what has worked and specific recommendations will be shared on how to make more and better interventions with and for rural women. From a vision of collective action, the seminar will seek to generate alliances and identify strategies and interventions with scalability potential, based on the agenda of rural women in the region, to accelerate their economic, social and political empowerment.

Methodology

The Seminar will begin with welcoming remarks by FAO, followed by thematic talks that will delve into the central aspects of sustainable rural development from a transformative gender equality approach, followed by a space for guided reflection, and ending with a session of agreements and closing. The interventions will incorporate success stories and review the strategies mobilized to bring about the necessary change towards an egalitarian welfare state.

The seminar will be simultaneously interpreted from Spanish into English and Portuguese.

[disasterriskreductionday]

The impact of disasters on agriculture and food security.

Tune in for the launch of the FAO new flagship report on the impact of disasters on agriculture and food security.

when: 13 October, 2023 - 12:00-14:00 CEST

where: FAO Rome

Speakers from

FAO,

UNDRR,

g7plus and more !

[worldcitiesday]

Benefits of Urban trees.

Trees and urban forests can make our cities greener, healthier & happier places to live.

Trees in cities can lower stress and boost our Mental Health.

Do your part to green our cities!

[planthealthday]

Plant health, safe trade and digital technology - Webcast.

Watch the hybrid event entitled Plant health, safe trade and digital technology.

Plants are life – we depend on them for 80 percent of the food we eat and 98 percent of the oxygen we breathe. But international travel and trade have been associated with the introduction and spread of plant pests. Invasive pest species are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss and threaten the delicate web of life that sustains our planet. Pests and diseases have also been associated with rising temperatures which create new niches for pests to populate and spread. In response, the use of pesticides could increase, which harms pollinators, natural pest enemies and organisms crucial for a healthy environment. Protecting plant health is essential by promoting environmentally friendly practices such as integrated pest management. International standards for phytosanitary measures (ISPMs) in trade also help prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests across borders.