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This series of briefs highlights seven key areas and 22 practical action areas that governments, investors, experts in One Health and policymakers can promote and invest in. These areas highlight the linkages and connections between interventions and underscore the need for systems thinking. # Livestock contribute about 40% of agricultural GDP and provide livelihoods and incomes for…

Desertification is a type of land degradation. It occurs when drylands become increasingly arid or desert-like. Desertification doesn’t necessarily mean that these water-scarce regions will transform into desert climates — only that their land’s natural productivity is lost and its surface and groundwater resources are diminished. (In order for a climatological desert to form, a location must…

The EU’s Copernicus Programme collects terabytes of data every day for six broad service areas: atmosphere, marine, land, climate change, security and emergencies. 20 April 2021, Brussels/Rome - “New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19…

Gland, Switzerland, 8 April 2021 (IUCN) – Ensuring sustainability of crop and timber production would mitigate the greatest drivers of terrestrial wildlife decline, responsible for 40% of the overall extinction risk of amphibians, birds and mammals, according to a paper published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution. These results were generated using a new metric which, for the first time, allows…

In the framework of World Soil Day 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), and the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) have the pleasure to announce the winners of the scientific children's book contest on Soil Biodiversity with the motto "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity". IUSS and GSP received…

Launching the first knowledge hub on gender-responsive disaster risk management and climate change resilience. At Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) and UN Women we firmly believe that quality data and evidence have the power to inform and transform the way we build resilience in times of crisis. This is why UN Women and DFAT are proud to announce the launch of…