More than 750 million hectares of deforested and degraded land in Africa can be restored, to the benefit of vulnerable local communities and the environment. To catalyse regional collaboration on this immense potential, two high-level meetings are taking place in Kigali, Rwanda this week.
On July 27-29, 2016, southern Africa鈥檚 oldest regional network is meeting at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, to discuss the conservation of the Miombo woodlands.
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In the volcano-studded island of Java, the fourth largest island in Indonesia, one woman stands at the forefront of efforts to mainstream participatory development and gender into conservation.听In the third of a series of stories celebrating and honouring the people and initiatives that have鈥
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The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), FAO Forestry Department and partners are hosting a session at the FAO Committee on Forestry session (COFO 23) on July 20, 2016 from 9:00 鈥 16:30 in the Iran Room.听听
In Quang Tri province, Viet Nam, not far from the Lao border, one side of the valley is a nature reserve, and on the other a 130-hectare community-managed forest. The community forest looks in reasonably good condition, with no clearing and not much bamboo re-growth. When asked, the village鈥
The expression 鈥淭he squeaky wheel gets the grease鈥 or the equivalent in Vietnamese 鈥淐on kh贸c m岷 m峄沬 cho b煤鈥 (the mother breast-feeds the baby only when it cries) reflect the belief that to get attention you have to raise your voice. Farmers in Vietnam often say they lack sufficient capital,鈥
The Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture is hosting an event at the听FAO鈥檚 Committee on Forestry session (COFO 23), featuring 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 representatives and partners.
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July 9, 2016 -- On World Saola Day, WWF and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Saola Working Group are calling for urgent action to save one of the world鈥檚 most endangered and rarely seen mammals -- the elusive saola, often called the 鈥淎sian Unicorn鈥 -- which was discovered 24 years ago and鈥