14 June 2019, Rome – FAO today welcomed a decision by the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide $179 million to support the UN agency’s work with countries worldwide at the critical nexus between agriculture and the environment.&n…
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Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition
20 May 2019, Rome – The global decline in bee populations poses a serious threat to a wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods, and countries should do more to safeguard our key allies in the fight against hunger and malnutri…
Environment and Disasters News 9 May 2019 Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado ‘There was no one coming to help me and my family… so I had to do something’
Floodwaters from Cyclone Kenneth have receded, but damaged roads and bridges are keeping relief teams from reaching thousands still in need. To make matters worse, recent sporadic violence in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado has interrupt…
Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
Floodwaters from Cyclone Kenneth have receded, but damaged roads and bridges are keeping relief teams from reaching thousands still in need. To make matters worse, recent sporadic violence in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado has interrupt…
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Floods foster food fears in Iran
More than two million people in Iran are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance due to severe floods…