The global food system’s impact on #biodiversity , ecosystems, and ecosystem services is overwhelming.

Reducing food loss has a range of benefits #ForPeopleForPlanet 🌍

Below are 5️⃣ of them from Food and Agriculture Organization 👇

How can we unlock more #climatefinance for agrifood systems & ensure sustainable food biodiversity?

Collective challenges require collective solutions💡

#FASTPartnership members met at Food and Agriculture Organization to find solutions resulting in concrete results

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In celebration of the #IYC2024 , the Food and Agriculture Organization is collaborating with partners to highlight the important role camelids play in community livelihoods & in building resilience to climate change, particularly in mountains & arid lands. 🐪

#YearofCamelids

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Forests in the Congo Basin are critical to reducing #ghgemissions and mitigating #climatechange .

Here’s how increasing subsistence farmers’ access to sustainable fuelwood can curb deforestation':

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Green Climate Fund

At the Youth 7 Summit #Y7 , Food and Agriculture Organization's Maria Michela Morese described agrifood systems as a solution to #ClimateChange :

'Together with you, young leaders, we can implement transformative solutions to advance on #foodsecurity , energy access & climate resilience.'

Understanding drivers of disaster risk – like #ClimateChange , pandemics, epidemics and armed conflicts – and their cascading impacts on agriculture and food security is crucial to ensuring resilient agrifood systems.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3PXM88F

#DisasterRiskReduction

Check out the #CGRFA publication that provides specific examples of existing country legislative, administrative or policy measures that directly or indirectly accommodate distinctive features of GRFA and associated traditional knowledge
doi.org/10.4060/cd0790…📷

Today at the 'Group of Friends of Biodiversity' event for #BiodiversityDay Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters

Kaveh Zahedi underlined that #COP16 in Colombia is an unmissable opportunity to move the 'Biodiversity Plan' into full implementation.

#ForNature 🌱

Mexico has a long history of resilient agricultural systems and food cultures.

Learn how Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and CONABIO are helping revive traditional farming practices and put more native biodiverse foods into farmers’ fields and onto consumers’ plates.

What is low carbon tea? 🌱

Supported by China's Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs (MARA) & Bundesentwicklungsministerium, Food and Agriculture Organization is working on a project to strengthen Kenya’s tea value chain & reduce #GHGs :

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🌳Lowland tropical forests cover over 60% of the Congo making it one of the richest and most biodiverse forest ecosystems on the planet 🌍

Here's how we're preserving its forests:

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#BiodiversityDay #PartofThePlan Green Climate Fund

Biodiversity is the thread that connects us all. At Food and Agriculture Organization, we will continue to work with Members to protect and restore biodiversity, ensure #FoodSecurity and diversity and achieve the #4Betters . This #BiodiveristyDay , let's do our part in the Biodiversity Plan.

🌿Biodiversity & agriculture go hand in hand!

Food and Agriculture Organization leads efforts to restore ecosystems, protect species, reduce pollution, and promote sustainability through the Biodiversity Plan.

News: 🔗bit.ly/4bRozrn

#PartOfThePlan #ForNature #BiodiversityDay

📢 #StartingNow

Join the Group of Friends of #Biodiversity at
Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters today in celebration of #Biodiversity Day

💻Or follow online:

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#PartOfThePlan #ForNature

Every seed holds a story of hope.

Share the inspiring journeys of farmers and scientists around the world who are working tirelessly to preserve diverse crop varieties.

#BiodiversityDay #GenerationRestoration

The Biodiversity Plan provides a roadmap recognizing the key role of agriculture and sustainable use of #biodiversity

🎯More than half of its 23 targets for 2030 relate to agrifood systems.

Food and Agriculture Organization is #PartOfThePlan working to reach these targets on #BiodiversityDay & every day👇

🟣To celebrate #BiodiversityDay 2024

Get involved and ‘Be #PartofThePlan ’

Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest Action Plan for the implementation of the FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity Across Agricultural Sectors 2024–2027 is now online.

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Adopting responsible restocking & stock enhancement practices is crucial to safeguarding #biodiversity , preserving natural habitats, and bolstering essential ecosystem services.

Discover more 👉 bit.ly/3V7FO1Q

#WorldBiodiversityDay
Sustainable #Aquaculture

Benoît Girard, Chair of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, highlights that the UN Biodiversity's #BiodiversityPlan and the Food and Agriculture Organization's Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture complement each other.

📽️Watch: shorturl.at/aaGjg

The Pacific island states of Samoa and Palau will benefit from a new wave of global funding to help countries protect and prosper from #biodiversity . FAO Pacific will implement the projects with finance from the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund #GBFF Global Environment Facility (GEF). #BiodiversityDay