Beekeeping in the United Republic of Tanzania The ACP MEAs 3 Programme, funded by the European Union, delivered beekeeping training to farmers in the United Republic of Tanzania. This initiative equips farmers with gear and essential skills in sustainable beekeeping, enhancing their livelihoods while promoting biodiversity and environmental conservation. By supporting local communities, the programme aims to foster economic growth and empower farmers to protect pollinators, which are crucial for agricultural production and ecosystem health.

The ACP MEAs 3 project, funded by the European Union (EU), supports smallholder farmers in six districts of Tanzania, in transitioning to environmentally sustainable agricultural production systems.
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System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Producing more with less.
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a rice farming technique that uses little water and good agricultural practices. SRI uses less, water, fewer seeds and produces higher yields. SRI benefits environmental conservation and increases farmers income.
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Learning in Practice. Greener Ways to Control Pests
The Kilimo Hifadhi Mpirani Women and Mlamke farmer groups are among eight farmer field schools established in six districts across the country, as part of the ACP MEAs 3 project. They have been trained on pesticide risk reduction and use of ecosystem practices in agriculture to conserve agrobiodiversity. In this video the groups are demonstrating how to make and apply biopesticides and insect traps to control pests in various crops. The biopesticide is used to control mealybugs, aphids, fall armyworms and white flies in beans, maize and other crops.
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Restoring and Protecting Mangroves for Marine Biodiversity
Mangroves play an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change impacts and conserving marine biodiversity. With funding from EU and FAO, the Government of Tanzania is building national capacities to adopt eco-system-based practices and pesticide risk management in agriculture through the implementation of the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environment Agreements in ACP Countries - Phase III (ACP MEAs3) project.
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ACP MEAs 3 Programme in St. Lucia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Saint Lucia, works to build national capacities to adopt eco-system-based practices and pesticide risk management in agriculture through the implementation of the Capacity Building Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries - Phase III (ACP MEAs 3) project. The ACP MEAs 3 project, funded by the European Union (EU), supports smallholder farmers in transitioning to environmentally sustainable agricultural production systems.

ACP MEAs 3 Programme in Zimbabwe
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe, works to build national capacities to adopt eco-system-based practices and pesticide risk management in agriculture through the implementation of the Capacity Building Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries - Phase III (ACP MEAs 3) project. The ACP MEAs 3 project, funded by the European Union (EU), supports smallholder farmers in transitioning to environmentally sustainable agricultural production systems.

ACP MEAs 3 Learning journey on biodiversity management and sustainable farming in Rwanda
The Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs 3) programme funded by the European Union, organized a learning journey in Rwanda. The event brought together participants from Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe to explore ecosystem-friendly farming practices and the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in agriculture.

Highly Hazardous Pesticides: a global call for action
FAO leads the global action to move towards a HHP-free food production protecting people and the planet.
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Strengthening regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides. Views from the field
Hear from a beekeeper from Barbados, a risk assessor from Kenya, and a policymaker for Cook Islands participants at a global seminar on strengthening regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides organized by the European Union-funded and FAO-led ACP MEAs 3 programme.

The future of our food systems depends on biodiversity
Biodiversity is the invisible thread that connects us all. Entire ecosystems and all species on earth depend on it. But we are losing this variety at an astonishing rate. The future of our food systems depends on biodiversity and our survival depends on how we manage our food systems.

FAO DG QU Dongyu's video message for UN Summit on Biodiversity

The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and AgricultureConserving and using biodiversity for food security
The air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat all rely on biodiversity. It is fundamental we produce food in a way that preserves the environment. That’s why safeguarding natural resources and biodiversity is critical to people’s health and planetary wealth. Sustainable agriculture is the answer to reverse trends that lead to biodiversity loss.

International Day of Forests 2020: Forests and Biodiversity
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 is under threat. We need to care for our only home by caring for our forests.

EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030
The European Commission adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food. In line with the European Green Deal, they propose ambitious EU actions and commitments to halt biodiversity loss worldwide and bring our food system into balance with the environment by reducing the use of unhealthy substances, increasing the protection of land and sea and restoring degraded ecosystems.

Erie Tamale: Roadmap to achieve the goals of the global biodiversity framework by 2030
In this video Erie Tamale, the Head of the Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Unit of the CBD Secretariat simplifies the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework's goals and targets and presents the implementation and monitoring roadmap up until 2030.

David Cooper: How is the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework important?
The global biodiversity framework helps to unpack the action needed in this decade to reduce biodiversity loss by 2030 and put biodiversity and nature on the path to recovery. David Cooper, the acting executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat, presents the overview of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at a webinar organized by ACP MEAs.

John Wasswa Mulumba: Generating change through collaboration and synergies
John Wasswa Mulumba, Senior Principal Research Officer at the Uganda National Agricultural Research Organization and National Focal Point of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, shares his experience on the importance of enhanced collaboration and synergies between the CBD and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements. He highlights that cooperation at the national level is key to addressing cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary biodiversity issues.

Frédéric Castell: Working together towards agricultural biodiversity
Frédéric Castell, Senior Natural Resources Officer, Biodiversity Unit FAO, talks about the specific relevance of the global biodiversity framework to agricultural biodiversity. This presentation shows the multi-level and cross-sectoral nature of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It provides insights into how the agricultural sector can contribute to the full realization of the CBD 2050 vision of ‘living in harmony with nature’.

Jillian Campbell: From theory to practice with a national-level focus
Jillian Campbell, Senior Programme Management Officer at the CBD Secretariat, lays out the review and update process of national biodiversity strategy and action plans (NBSAPs) in alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Ines Verleye: How to successfully mobilize and manage resources
In this video, Ines Verleye, Senior Biodiversity Expert at the Federal Public Service, Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, provides advice on potential strategies to mobilize resources for NBSAP implementation. The video explains how countries can leverage the limited resources available to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s using diverse financing mechanisms.