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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 … integrated farming systems. Shifting to sustainable management and use of natural resources must be central to …
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Global Land Outlook

… that presents a clear and pragmatic approach to land use, management, and planning for sustainable development and … 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 …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… instruments • Strengthening institutions for the wise management of the environment For more information visit … 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 …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… 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  … stakeholders who can participate,  to avoid  the  risk of excluding particular groups  who might  not  have  …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… 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 … threats and challenges. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management must therefore become an integral part of modern …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… (1991). Households, Agroecosystems and Rural Resources Management. A Guidebook for Broadening the Concepts of Gender … 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 …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues

… measures are applied in order to lower or eliminate the risk posed to human, animal or plant life or health by pests, … systems, monitoring and surveillance systems, effective management frameworks, trained and competent staff, well … plant quarantine procedures. The IPPC guidelines for pest risk assessment provide a scientific basis for governments to …
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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 …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… its underlying causes through enhancing sustainable range management, improving range vegetation cover quantitatively … 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 …
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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… European Landscape Conventions. He wrote the Category V Management Guidelines (published in 2002) and was the series … 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 …
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