FAO in Indonesia

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18 March 2022
- Kampar, Riau. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a restocking of tens of thousands of endemic fish in the Sangolan river, Kampar Regency, Riau Province. It was part of an effort to protect endemic fish...
11 March 2022
- Initiatives during Indonesia’s G20 Presidency are expected to better support economic growth in the Asia-Pacific Region    Dhaka/Rome/Jakarta – Ministers and high-level delegates from across Asia and the Pacific met today with a focus on improving nutrition, lives and livelihoods in the wake of the global pandemic, while taking aim at ongoing...
25 February 2022
Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus Pelagicus or locally known as rajungan) is one of the priority fisheries commodities in Indonesia. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) 2017 data said that BSC utilization in Java Sea (Fisheries Management Area 712) has reached overfishing level. A 2019 data show that BSC...
24 February 2022
The IFish project has been running for more than 3 years with a number of contributions in mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into Inland fisheries practices in freshwater ecosystems of high conservation value. This effort is in line with the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
24 February 2022
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations voice their commitment today (24.02) to strengthen synergy in joint efforts to tackle challenges in promoting sustainable fisheries and coastal management under the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) project.  “With stronger...