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Innovating tradition to protect ancient forests in Papua New Guinea
10/07/2024
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First Session of the Ad Hoc Expert Team on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
03/07/2024
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Call for comments on the revised draft of The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources
01/07/2024
The revised – unedited – draft of the Second Report on Forest Genetic Resources is now out for review. The Second Report builds on the first global assessment, published by FAO in 2014, and analyses the progress made in the implementation of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources, adopted by the FAO Conference in 2013.
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International Day of Potato: harvesting diversity feeding hope
30/05/2024
FAO celebrates the International Day of Potato 2024 with a special and an high-level event
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Second Global Plan of Action on Plant Genetic Resources: Regional consultation held in Cali, Colombia
28/05/2024
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New Action Plan launched for implementing FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity Across Agricultural Sectors as biodiversity-related projects approved
22/05/2024
The theme of this year’s International Day for Biodiversity is “Be Part of the Plan” - a rallying call to the public and diverse actors to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, endorsed in December 2022, and also known as The Biodiversity Plan. FAO is an integral part of this plan, as agrifood systems are a powerful channel for readily available and scalable solutions to conserving, restoring and sustainably using biodiversity.
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Traditional agrifood systems conserve biodiversity and support nutrition in Mexico
22/05/2024
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Key milestones to a world living in harmony with nature
21/05/2024
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New Call: Apply by 31 May 2024 to be recognized as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship
10/05/2024
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