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Update: WeCaN and MEV-CAM collaborate to further South-South knowledge exchange
23 December 2022
The last three months have been busy for the WeCaN Nurturing Community of Knowledge Practice for Women in dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems! We have held several training sessions and webinars to engage the WeCaN community and broader public on dryland resilience issues and facilitate South-South knowledge exchange.
WeCaN held a [...]
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Looking at MEV-CAM through a Gender Lens
23 December 2022
The “Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management” initiative is an innovative approach that uses participatory methods of engagement to give a voice to community members and stakeholders alike, while documenting best practices and methods of change to share with other like-minded individuals. Being participatory involves using firsthand evidence from [...]
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Update: The COFO WG on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems and DSL-IP strengthen collaboration
22 December 2022
Focal points from the Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems of the Committee on Forestry (COFO WG) and the Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes (DSL-IP) held a meeting on Monday, to strengthen their collaboration and support activities in DSL-IP countries.
The meeting was attended by [...]
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Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows
21 December 2022
Rome – Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live in and more resilient to climate change, says a new report launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [...]
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Au Soudan, la Grande Muraille Verte offre de nouvelles opportunités aux femmes
20 December 2022
A travers le modèle de restauration des terres développé par Action Contre la Désertification (ACD), le projet BRIDGES ("Boosting Restoration, Income, Development, Generating Ecosystem Services") a permis de mettre la restauration des terres à l’échelle dans l’État de Kassala, à l’est du Soudan, une région frontalière avec l’Éthiopie et l’Érythrée [...]
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MEV-CAM’s Forestry Technical Network webinar: A deep dive into Process Documentation and Participatory Video
19 December 2022
It has been a busy year for the Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management initiative: the last 12 months have seen the initiative expand its participatory approach to process documentation and development across 18 countries. As we begin to look towards 2023, MEV-CAM held a Forestry Technical Network webinar [...]
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WeCaN’s Forestry Technical Network webinar: celebrating achievements and discussing challenges after COP 27
05 December 2022
The UNFCCC 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), held in Sharm el-Sheik in November, was a source of great pride for FAO’s WeCaN team, as we saw so many of our members getting the chance to represent civil society and make their voices heard on the international stage. Now that [...]
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Full steam ahead for the COFO Working Group
30 November 2022
As the end of the year draws close, the COFO Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems are certainly not slowing down! Plans for 2023 are proceeding full steam ahead, including the e-Learning course, set to be launched in January 2023, and the Summer School running next summer.
The COFO [...]
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Together, We Can raise our voices at COP 27!
10 November 2022
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) is well underway in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, where world leaders, ministers, civil society organisations and industry professionals are all discussing one big issue: climate change. We are proud to say that several of our [...]
Déployer la Grande Muraille Verte mauritanienne
04 November 2022
Avec ses 18% de terres dégradées, la Mauritanie est le pays du Sahel avec le deuxième plus grand taux de dégradation des terres. Le pays est particulièrement affecté par l’ensablement, qui a des conséquences désastreuses sur les personnes et l’environnement. Mais il présente également un potentiel de restauration des terres [...]