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17 November 2017
Promoting Sustainable Biomass Production and Modern Bio-Energy Technologies The first formal biomass energy terminal of Sri Lanka was inaugurated in Homagama, Colombo on 08 November 2017 by the Hon. Ajith P. Perera, Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy. By 2017, this joint UNDP-FAO project has helped the Government of Sri Lanka...
Promoting Sustainable Biomass Production and Modern Bio-Energy Technologies The first formal biomass energy terminal of Sri Lanka was inaugurated in Homagama, Colombo on 08 November 2017 by the Hon. Ajith P. Perera, Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy. By 2017, this joint UNDP-FAO project has helped the Government of Sri Lanka...
25 October 2017
The forestry sector across Asia and the Pacific must collaborate with a wider range of stakeholders if countries in the region are to meet key targets of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission meeting here this week. Landscape management or landscape approaches – terms used...
The forestry sector across Asia and the Pacific must collaborate with a wider range of stakeholders if countries in the region are to meet key targets of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission meeting here this week. Landscape management or landscape approaches – terms used...
19 October 2017
COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), today urged attention to the pressing issues that cause people to migrate, particularly those living in rural areas, and called for action and investments towards improved...
COLOMBO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), today urged attention to the pressing issues that cause people to migrate, particularly those living in rural areas, and called for action and investments towards improved...
18 October 2017
A Joint National Op-ed for World Food Day 2017 By Brenda Barton, Nina Brandstrup and Giuseppe Crocetti Migration is at the forefront of global debates on the directions of social and economic development. Yet, migration has been central to human evolution since humankind walked the planet and is deeply rooted in our...
A Joint National Op-ed for World Food Day 2017 By Brenda Barton, Nina Brandstrup and Giuseppe Crocetti Migration is at the forefront of global debates on the directions of social and economic development. Yet, migration has been central to human evolution since humankind walked the planet and is deeply rooted in our...
16 October 2017
World Food Day 2017, marked annually on 16 October is akin to the national day of FAO and is observed this year together with WFP and IOM under the theme: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development. In Sri Lanka, a panel discussion will take place...
World Food Day 2017, marked annually on 16 October is akin to the national day of FAO and is observed this year together with WFP and IOM under the theme: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development. In Sri Lanka, a panel discussion will take place...
