Search results
26 Results
Sorted by relevance
The Land in Numbers
… - are national security issues.2 • In 2008, more than 60 food riots occurred worldwide in 30 different countries, 10 … as vital natural capital, we can make a positive impact on food and water security while coping with a changing climate. … The most obvious services that land provides include the food we eat, the water we drink and the plant materials we …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… fight or flight. DeclInIng opTIons, global consequences FooD (In)securITy - FarmIng ourselves InTo exTIncTIon in 2008, food insecurity triggered riots in over 30 countries. But it … depend on rainfed agriculture that contribute to global food security. the livelihoods of over 2 billion people …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 2,300 scientists, working in the fields of agriculture, food, biodiversity and the environment, much of their work … is a global research partnership for a food secure future. The CGIAR aims to reduce rural poverty, improve food security, human health and nutrition and encourage more …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… and the Global Mechanism will, in particular, work on: Food Security Globally we face increasing demand for food and a growing productivity yield gap. In economic terms, … rural poor who depend directly upon the land for their food and income. Sustainable intensification of food …
Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… is likely to be the impacts on agriculture and thus food security, especially due to increased water shortage. … https://www.informea.org/en/terms/food-security … ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change so that food production is not threatened, while enabling economic …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… States; (ii) Regional Fisheries Bodies, placed under the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) umbrella; and (iii) … impact assessment EU European Union FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization GEF Global Environmental … marine environment serves important functions for global food security and economic prosperity. An essential condition …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… for Europe ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon … example for drinking water, sanitation and production of food. Climate change is likely to affect the availability of … now malnourished will require water to grow additional food. Large sovereign and commercial investments in …
Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
… protect the marine environment, recognising the effects on food security, poverty alleviation, and ecosystem health, as … “Our Nutrient World: the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution” provides a global …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… such as health, environment, education, agriculture, food, energy, fisheries and industrial water users. “I have … to water, such as health, environment, agriculture, food, energy, fisheries and industrial water users. The guide … agricultural production due to greater demand for food within an ever increasing globalised world will also …