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10 May 2021, Rome and virtual locations - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, warned that severe underfunding of the agri-food sector was preventing Africa from reaching its potential. He spoke at the launch of FAO's latest report, Public Expenditure on Food and Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, which reveals the gap between long…

By Will Anderson The world’s ecosystems are under threat. Fires are turning biodiverse forests in California and wetlands in Argentina and Brazil into charred landscapes. The ocean is getting warmer and more acidic, bleaching colorful, fish-filled coral reefs across the Seychelles. The abuse of the soil, exacerbated by overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, is damaging…

Although the world has made major progress toward a decade-long target for environmental protection areas, it has fallen far short on commitments regarding their quality, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners said in a report published on Wednesday. The study is the final “report card” on the goal of protecting at least 17 per cent of land and inland waters, and 10 per cent of…

UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: great progress since 2010 with over 22 million km2 of land and 28 million km2 of ocean protected or conserved and 42% of current coverage added in the last decade; but a third of key biodiversity areas lack any coverage, and less than 8% of land is both protected and connected. Nairobi, 19May 2021 - The international community has made major…

By Mette Løyche Wilkie and Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs Although they cover just over 30% of the global land area, forests are home to the vast majority of the terrestrial plant and animal species known to science. Forest biodiversity benefits much of humanity as a whole through its role in the carbon, water, and nutrient cycles and through its links with food production.

Explore state specific resources created by rangeland specialists, librarians, and IT professionals from one of our 19 Land Grant Universities Partners. Select a state from the map. Search the Rangelands Gateway database with over 25,000 resources from eleven library collections. The Rangelands Partnership collaborates with organizations around the world to increase understanding of the…