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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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Displaying 2381 - 2385 of 5074Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Nepali version)
he guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations.
The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests. They provide guidance for improving the policy, legal and organizational frameworks that regulate tenure rights; for
Adaptation in action
FAO-Adapt consolidates FAO’s multidisciplinary expertise on climate change adaptation. Through this Organization-wide framework, FAO provides countries with best practices, key principles and priority themes on which member nations can focus adaptation efforts in agriculture and food security. Since launching FAO-Adapt in June 2011, the Organization has: developed and implemented new, adaptation-focused projects and programmes; and enhanced FAO’s own capacity to deliver adaptation support to member countries.
Report of the Third Steering Committee of the Collaborative Partnership on Mediterranean Forests (CPMF)
The Collaborative Partnership on Mediterranean Forests (CPMF) has the purpose to improve implementation of policies for sustainable management of forests and environmental services provided by forest ecosystems in the context of climate change.
Guatemala: Evaluación del Impacto del Cobro por Derechos de Aprovechamiento de “Madera En Pie” y Otras Tasas (Mapots) Sobre el Manejo Forestal Estudios de Caso – Volumen II de Vi
Es ampliamente reconocido que una de las principales causas de la deforestación y la degradación de los bosques radica en el alto costo de oportunidad del manejo forestal sostenible (MFS), lo que suele conllevar a un cambio de uso del suelo hacia alternativas como la agricultura, la agro-industria o la ganadería, que producen mayores ingresos para los dueños o usuarios de los bosques. el documento se estructura en cinco secciones.
Action Plan for Crossborder Food Security and Nutrition, Côte d'Ivoire - Liberia 2013 - 2016
In November 2010, Côte d’Ivoire held presidential elections – a long awaited democratic step anticipated by political forces - since the war in 2002. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) and the international community accepted the results in December 2010, but violence spiraled, including in the border region with Liberia. This region has seen repeated refugee flows over the decades, as well as border crossing - as a coping mechanism when livelihoods are threatened or simply for better economic and social opportunities.