FAO and the GEF

Partnering for sustainable agri-food systems and the environment

Latest news and updates from the partnership

23/01/2019
Accra, Ghana, 23rd January 2019. The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project's electronic monitoring pilot in Ghana has come to an end.
28/12/2018
Funded by GEF, FAO is implementing a five-year project on “Sustainable cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar” aiming to build the capacity of farming and forestry stakeholders to mitigate climate change and improve land co
27/12/2018
12–15 December 2018, Siem Reap, Cambodia: Forum to accelerate efforts to wipe out root causes of climate change impact upon the livelihoods of Cambodia’s rural poor.
21/12/2018
Under FAO's Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded "Life and Nature" project, a joint force of national and sub-national government officials, local authorities, watershed management committees, community members, forestry officers, monks, rangers, teac
19/12/2018
Rome, Italy, 5-7 December 2018. Five years from the start of the Common Oceans ABNJ Program, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), some of the partners, donors and beneficiaries gat
08/12/2018
Productores ganaderos serán parte de la elaboración de un protocolo que permitirá evaluar la degradación de pastizales en Uruguay y tomar decisiones que promuevan el manejo sostenible de este recurso clave.
08/11/2018
Forty participants from countries spanning three continents, international organizations and non-governmental organizations met last week in Guayaquil to launch the GEF Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) at a Global Inception Meeting for the GEF-financed
05/11/2018
This week, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is hosting the signature event of the International Waters (IW) Portfolio: the 9th GEF International Waters Conference (IWC9) – an interactive training and learning event focused on this specific focal area
22/10/2018
The report published earlier this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees, sounds the final alarm bell for action.
27/09/2018
The province of Napo, located in the central area of Ecuador, stands out for its traditional approaches, where the local family farmers have been using the Chakra system for sustainable production of fine aroma cocoa in approximately 1 200 hectares of for
17/09/2018
17-September-2018, FAO launches the Green Agriculture project (Green-Ag) in India which aims to catalyse transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical
17/09/2018
The project will contribute to improving the management of 10,000 ha of High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs) and 20,000 ha of other forest types to increase biodiversity conservation and sequester about 1 million tonne carbon in Badghis, Paktya and Kun
10/09/2018
A FAO-GEF project will work to restore, improve and sustainably manage the Chilghoza pine forests in Pakistan.
27/08/2018
Napo cocoa is produced under the traditional mixed production chakra system in approximately 1200 hectares, along with forest species and other crops intended for feeding families and medicinal and cultural uses.
09/08/2018
Concientización de los productores, demanda de información y voluntad de acceder a los nuevos planes de financiación del Ministerio de Ganadería Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP) que exigen constancia de entrega de envases, son algunos de los motivos del éxito q
06/08/2018
Es necesario que la sociedad valore mejor los pastizales, coinciden actores vinculados a la ganadería y los pastizales del Uruguay que participan de un proyecto global.
29/06/2018
Improving fisheries management and safeguarding biodiversity across the areas beyond national jurisdiction.
25/06/2018
In Da Nang, Viet Nam, the GEF has today approved US$ 15 million in funding to assist continued management of the large marine ecosystem in the Bay of Bengal in order to help sustain ecosystem services for the benefit of the coastal populations and countri
22/06/2018
We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. And by food systems, we also mean the agriculture that it takes to support them: farming, fisheries, forestry and the value chains that provid
22/06/2018
Con el proyecto de Ganadería Climáticamente Inteligente la producción de Uruguay se adaptará mejor al cambio climático.