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AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK 2020 Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) and the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), incorporating expertise from member…

Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday. The UN chief highlighted that the global economy increased almost fivefold in the past fifty years, but that growth was at a massive cost to the environment. “Nature’s…

Land Portal is delighted to share the draft of the Land Governance module (link is external) for a public review stage (until 15th March 2020). We are inviting feedback on our selection of indicators, and our draft research guidance, as we explore how the Global Data Barometer can track governance, availability and use of data related to land governance in our upcoming survey. As…

Reducing pressures from agriculture is key to improving the status of Europe’s rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal waters and seas as well as groundwater bodies. A European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment, published today, shows that wider uptake of sustainable agricultural management practices is needed for improving the state of water, as well as biodiversity. Agricultural…

We need to address the cost of economic development to the environment, societies and our health when measuring human progress, says Achim Steiner of the UN Development Program. DW: Is development inherently connected with economic growth? Achim Steiner: That certainly has been the paradigm of the 20th century. Economic growth, gross domestic product, per capita income: those were…

La desertificación es uno de los principales problemas ambientales de las Comunidades Autónomas españoles. Por ello pedirán que la lucha contra la pérdida de fertilidad de las tierras sea una de las prioridades de la política verde europea Desertification is one of the main environmental problems of the Spanish Autonomous Communities. For this reason, they will ask that the fight…