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‘In Dust’ - An Artists Collaboration Against Desertification
17/06/2020
An experimental documentary-performance hybrid video by the ‘A Common Future’ artistic collective, produced by UNIT9, to raise awareness around desertification...
Forests for Nature: The State of the World’s Forests 2020
22/05/2020
Forests are the most biodiverse habitat on land. Yet scientists estimate that 420 million hectares of forest have been lost through land conversion...
Land restoration as wildlife conservation strategy
22/05/2020
Reintroduction of oryx into the Action Against Desertification-supported community nature reserve in Khoily Alpha, Senegal. For three years, Action...
International Day of Forests 2020: Biodiversity
21/03/2020
The 2020 celebration of the International Day of Forests with the theme “Forests and Biodiversity: Too precious to lose” at FAO headquarters was a virtual...
Forests and biodiversity
21/03/2020
Forests are vital for biodiversity, providing a home to 80 percent of life on land. But with millions of hectares of forest lost every year, biodiversity...
Preserving wetlands with white water lilies - #SWMProgramme
29/01/2020
Experimental cultivation of water lily in the Senegal River delta is one of the RESSOURCE Project flagship initiatives. This engaging nature-friendly...
Action Against Desertification - Burkina Faso
08/01/2020
Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to restore drylands and degraded lands in...
New initiative to scale up forest education worldwide
31/12/2019
Failing to make bigger investments in forest education will have economic, social and environmental consequences, particularly with regard to nature...
Conserving wetlands and migratory water birds in Senegal
11/06/2019
Meet Astou, Assane, Bruno and Issa, inspiring individuals who are working to conserve wetlands and migratory waterbirds in Senegal. Every year millions...
Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism
16/05/2019
FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) programme was established to support countries to plan and carry out activities to restore degraded...
International Day of Forests 2019: Forests and education
21/03/2019
Learning to understand our forests and providing children with a foundation to better understand their importance is a critical step to safeguarding...
International Mountain Day 2018: #MountainsMatter
11/12/2018
Mountains cover 22 percent of the world’s land surface and are home to roughly 13 percent of the world’s population. We all depend on mountains, for...