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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… stakeholder initiatives in support of a national legal assessment exercise to validate findings, highlight gaps … for enforcement. In some contexts, there is a risk that … of legislation or institutions needed. Given the risk of overlap and inconsistency, it may be preferable …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be at risk. Climate change will bring further extreme weather … without urgent action, millions more people will be at risk of hunger and poverty, especially in Africa and … Assessments (FRA). FRA 2015 is the most-comprehensive assessment of forests to date. It examines the status and …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… chapter Viii Applying FAO’s post-disaster damage and loss assessment methodology in a conflict situation – the Syrian … arrives at a pivotal moment for the future of disaster risk reduction and climate change. In 2017, the fifth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and COP23 brought the international community …
Global Land Outlook
… edited from the work done by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (PBL). Alfred Duda contributed in part to … and natural ecosystems are degrading and at further risk from climate change and biodiversity loss. From 1998 to … and, in certain circumstances, may trigger or increase the risk of conflict. The scale of rural transformation in recent …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… ......... Livestock Unit MA: ........ Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG: ..... Millennium Development Goal NAMA: ... … is not generated at the cost of increasing environmental risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity. Considerations … in which material wealth does not increase environmental risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity—will require …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… of the welfare gains from trade liberalization and an assessment of the practical operation of trade facilitation … measures are applied in order to lower or eliminate the risk posed to human, animal or plant life or health by pests, … plant quarantine procedures. The IPPC guidelines for pest risk assessment provide a scientific basis for governments to …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… buying food in the market, they diversify their crops as a risk management strategy to stabilize their income. By growing many crops, they minimize their exposure to risk, such as price shocks. Even if specialization in one … efficiency, poor smallholders diversify to spread risk over many crops. The owners of large farms are wealthier …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… social and environmental impacts. Studies regarding the assessment of the economic and environmental effects for … of Planning and International Cooperation DRR Disaster Risk Reduction MTA Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities EIA … This means that the traditional pastoral systems are at risk and about 250,000 of inhabitants (5%of Jordan’s …
Conservation measures for vultures, including banning the use of veterinary diclofenac
… is granted; RECALLING the global Guidelines to Prevent the Risk of Poisoning to Migratory Birds adopted through … veterinary pharmaceuticals products that supose a risk for wildlife in order to be prohibited such as the use … testing of NSAIDs for veterinary purposes that pose a risk to scavenging birds, including multi-species testing …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Animal breeds are also being lost, and around 20% are at risk of extinction. 190 of some 7,600 breeds in the FAO … in the past 15 years; a further 1,500 are considered at risk of extinction (Rischkowsky and Pilling 2007). Some … have recently been summarised in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA): “Genetic diversity has declined globally, …