#Climatechange effects global food production and #FoodSecurity ...
but cultivating #pulses has many benefits due to their ability to adapt to climate change and contribute towards mitigating its effects 🌱🌱
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📢 #SavetheDate | World Pulses Day celebration!
Join us to learn how pulses empower youth in achieving sustainable agrifood systems.
🗓️ 10 February
🕐 12:30 CET
📝 Register: bit.ly/3ILC8Ke
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
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Did you know pulses can increase #biodiversity? But how?
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#WorldPulsesDay #Pulses
🎥Watch to find out 👇
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.'s & others look at #livestock production in Lesotho & solutions to #climatechange.
👉Check out this short story from the joint project & the GLEAM-i tool used in the assessment:
gleami.apps.fao.org
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. & are accelerating #climateaction and improving rural livelihoods in Benin, the Gambia, Nepal and Sudan.
👉 fao.org/3/cc4138en/cc4
🟢Find out more about & :
fao.org/gcf/en
GIF
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🟠NEW publication outlining the role sustainable and circular #bioeconomy can play in conserving and restoring #biodiversity in agrifood systems.
Download a free copy here:👉 bityl.co/GwgI
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Agriculture = 🌾Crops 🐄Livestock 🌳 Forestry 🐟 Fisheries & aquaculture
absorbed 26% of the overall impact caused by medium- to large-scale disasters between 2008 and 2018 in least-developed countries & low- & middle-income countries:
fao.org/3/cb3673en/cb3
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Did you know?
Our wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, especially as waterfowl habitat.
Read more in this op-ed by ’s
bit.ly/3DrLOtl
#GenerationRestoration #ForWetlands
#WorldWetlandsDay
#RESSOURCEProject
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#DYK that mangroves are a type of coastal wetland?
They provide:
🪵wood
🦀food
💊medicines
... & are essential for the nutrition & food security of millions.
But they, too, have their limits.
We need to protect these ecosystems👉🏻 bit.ly/3iM1SL5
#WorldWetlandsDay
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It's time to test your knowledge on wetlands with this quiz 🧐
Are peatlands a type of wetland?
#WorldWetlandsDay
- No21.8%
- Yes78.2%
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., as the co-lead of Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, remains committed to conserving, restoring & effectively using wetlands, to achieve the #4Betters in support of the #SDGs, leaving no one behind.
#WorldWetlandsDay #GenerationRestoration
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#Peatlands are also #wetlands. They cover just 3% of the 🌍 but store approximately 30% percent of the Earth's soil carbon.
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#WorldWetlandsDay2023 #WetlandsDay
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. is working with cities to promote the role of urban forests and trees in improving the health of wellbeing of urban dwellers:
🌳bit.ly/Green-cities
🌳fao.org/international-
#IntlForestDay
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A new study published in @TheLancet and led by #ISGlobal estimates that one third of deaths attributable to heat islands in cities during the summer could be avoided if trees covered 30% of urban space.
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#DYK? #Peatlands are a type of #wetland.
Look at some of the work is doing to restore them through this case from China showing how rewetted peatlands enhance carbon sequestration & recreate habitats for endemic birds & amphibians
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#WetlandsDay2023
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Throughout history, over 6K plant species have been cultivated for food
TODAY less than 200 crops make substantial contributions to global food production.
Only 9 species account for 66% of crop production.
#ForNature #biodiversity
bit.ly/3HtpnVE
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A new project has been agreed between and in partnership with #Madagascar's Ministry of Environment and Sustaianble Development
👉Integrating biodiversity in the agriculture sectors in Madagascar
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𝑼𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂 @FAO 𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒆 @MinaeOfficiel, 𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒄 𝒍𝒆 #MEDD
I𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳
I𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳
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#DidYouKnow sustainable & circular #bioeconomy can support #climateaction, boost #foodsecurity & livelihoods, & help restore ecosystems?
Find out more about how is promoting bioeconomy for sustainable food & agriculture
👉bityl.co/Gwfa
#GenerationRestoration
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🌳🌲Join us at the2nd World Forum on Urban Forests in Washington DC in October!
Submissions for side events and activities now being accepted.
More details 👉 bit.ly/3wGfwab
#WFUF2023 #greencities
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. analysis identified that between 2000 and 2020 the share of global #ClimateFinance in the agriculture & landuse sector decreased.
From 4⃣5⃣ % of total flows in 2000
To 2⃣2⃣ % in 2020
Download the full report : bit.ly/Climate-financ
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The Group of friends of Biodiversity🌱 discussed COP15 & the way forward to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. With more than half of the targets relating to foodsystems, has a crucial role to play in the preservation & restoration of biodiversity.
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New Framework for Environmental & Social Management reflects an enhanced commitment to environmental & social sustainability. It includes key elements of a people-centered approach & environmental & social performance requirements for FAO programming👉doi.org/10.4060/cb9870
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The new Framework for Environmental & Social Management is a powerful tool for mainstreaming sustainability & resilience across our work. It is also a mechanism to improve FAO's efficiency on the ground by setting out clear environmental and social guidelines & standards.
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. QU Dongyu launched on Monday a new Framework for Environmental and Social Management to ensure that both people and the environment are protected from any potential impacts of programmes and projects.
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"Sustainability & transparency are at the heart of this Framework - leaving no one behind.
Through this Framework is now equipped to deliver at scale and with excellence"
closes the launch of the NEW Framework for Environmental and Social Management.
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. moderated launch of the Framework for Environmental & Social Management which will enhance risk management across FAO.
He highlighted how it upholds the #4Betters & ensures #gender equality, protecting #IndigenousPeoples, #biodiversity & #CulturalHeritage.
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An increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme
weather-related and #climate-induced events poses a significant challenge to agricultural systems due to their reliance on weather and climate,
👉fao.org/3/cb3673en/cb3
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Food supply chains and regulatory systems need to be prepared to adapt to the impacts of #climatechange on #foodsafety.
Widespread #earlywarning systems and robust monitoring and surveillance measures are important elements for preventing and controlling foodborne diseases.
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📢🆕publication "Sustainable use and conservation of microbial and invertebrate biological control agents and microbial biostimulants"
To download it click here 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cc3571
#CGRFA
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#DYK Healthy soils are allies in the fight against hunger & #climatechange, #desertification & #biodiversity loss
Healthy soils are key in the adaptation & resilience of agrifood systems. Annually they could offset 1/3 of GHG emissions from agricultural land globally
#IYRP2026
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Did you know that healthy #soils are not only where we grow 95% of our food.
Soils are also key to cooling the planet?
See how & are helping countries keep soils alive…
👉bit.ly/3Datl4j
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Did you know?
🪵Wood residues – the materials left over when trees are logged and processed – hold the potential to provide sustainable bioenergy, mitigate climate change and revitalize rural economies.
Find out how in a new publication
👉 bit.ly/3Ha5anE
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Sub-Regional Coordinator for W. Africa & Rep in Senegal, joined , Minister of Int'l Relations & La Francophonie of Quebec for a field visit to Pandiénou, in Thiès to see the results of the #SAGA project
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Ravi d’avoir effectué, avec S.E. Martine Biron @M_Biron, Ministre des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec, une visite de terrain à Pandiénou, à Thiès, pour voir les résultats très satisfaisants du projet #SAGA
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🧑🤝🧑🧑🤝🧑Standing together for our #FoodHeroes in the face of #ClimateChange.
Civil society, researchers & governments have joined forces in #Senegal & #Haiti under the #SAGA project.
⇨Find out how we’re making a difference: fao.org/in-action/saga
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#DYK Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of global freshwater withdrawals.
Increased water scarcity driven by #climatechange requires improved water governance and integrated soil-land-water management to produce more nutritious food with less water.
#ClimateActionNow
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Today on #EducationDay, we celebrate the power of education to build the resilience of youth🌱🎓
Check out lessons & opportunities for #youth to improve their livelihoods in small-scale food production:
tiny.cc/x1p3vz
👉fao.org/koronivia/en/
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We won't achieve the #ParisAgreement unless people have the right tools🔧and knowledge📚
This #EducationDay, explore the e-learning course on forest monitoring🌳
supported by 's #CBIT, available in 6 languages, and open to everyone!
💻elearning.fao.org/course/view.ph
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Today on #EducationDay2023 read about 's #Academy4Transparency initiative.
Through capacity development #Zimbabwe, students learnt about Enhanced Transparency Framework to one day contribute to country-driven reporting under :
bit.ly/3Xx7TOV
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