Blueprint launched to manage Earth’s fragile peatland carbon sinks

A blueprint for how countries can keep carbon in fragile land-based carbon sinks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been unveiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 

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Climate change: New approach needed to gauge animal health impact on emissions

21 Jul 2022

Animal health is important to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but greater investment is needed to evaluate the impact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners said in a report published on Thursday.

UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

29 Jun 2023

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and four partner agencies have been tasked with leading a new push to help countries curb the land-based pollution of coastal areas and shorelines.

First Person: Cultivating Haiti’s future

12 Dec 2021

Farmers in south-west of Haiti are cultivating a future for the country as they continue to work their land despite the challenges caused by the 14 August earthquake. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) has been supporting their development over many years as FAO’s Jérémie-based staff member Mykerlange Balmir explains.