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Forestry and the forest industry in a green economy
01/01/2012
An effort is under way worldwide to better manage our planet's forest resources and better enhance their role in mitigating climate change. Forest loss...
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Hungry Planet, Episode 15. RIO+20 Special Report
01/01/2012
In this Episode of Hungry Planet: Rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms threaten millions of farmers living along Bangladesh's southern coast,...
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Rio+20 and beyond: together for a sustainable future
01/01/2012
Rio+20 must result in a change of mind-set. We can no longer afford to ignore the interdependencies between natural resources, the environment, hunger...
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Prevention saves lives, saves livelihoods, saves money
01/01/2012
The importance of prevention cannot be overestimated. In this environment of climate change and global marketing of agricultural products, we would...
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FAO Building Resilience in Ethiopia
01/01/2012
This short video - on an FAO roots and tubers project in Ethiopia - is FAO's contribution to a Rio+20 mini-campaign by UNISDR, the Geneva-based UN office...
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Promoting community based seed production farmer groups to manage climate risks in northern Vietnam
01/01/2012
This project focused on the strategy for seed production, storage and maintenance in the Northern mountainous areas in the context of management of...
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India's barefoot water scientists
01/01/2012
In southern India, the climate is becoming unpredictable and drought more common. Indiscriminate pumping from shallow aquifers shared by many farmers...
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Protecting forests to preserve livelihoods
01/01/2011
An FAO programme that helps local communities in Mongolia to protect their own forests is being seen as a model for action in the Asia-Pacific region....
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Turning the tide on desertification in Africa
01/01/2011
In Senegal, the Acacia project has involved the planting and managing of Acacia forests in arid lands helping combat desertification while providing...