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Green businesses for biodiversity and climate action
21/11/2024
It’s the crack of dawn. Magnolia Ordoñez leaves in a small boat along with her husband - the captain- and her colleagues— all women. Their task: to...
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Climate change is here. But we are fighting back.
15/11/2024
Climate change is real and it is here, but we are fighting back. Discover how FAO's Strategy on climate change and Action Plan can help us tackle this...
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Restoring the Colombian Amazon Biome as a global climate solution
14/11/2024
Mapiripán has long been trapped in a cycle of conflict and environmental degradation exacerbated by climate change. Many years ago...
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Drought or flooding are no match for this climate-adapted bean
23/10/2024
In Wayunaikki, the language of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples, there is no word for “climate change’’. Yet, as the climate crisis undeniably batters their...
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Taking pasture matters into their own hands
16/08/2024
Maasai Indigenous Peoples are pastoralists who traditionally relied on natural pastures, but the prolonged droughts and poor quality, purchased silage...
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Healing Chile’s Huapi island
08/08/2024
On a remote Chilean island at the centre of Lake Ranco south of the Andes, native trees are making a comeback thanks to the restoration efforts of...
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Women master climate resilient farming for bigger and better yields in Nepal
15/07/2024
Gita Adikhari realised something significant had changed when her farm in the Jhapa District of eastern Nepal yielded nearly double the amount she would...
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Setting up Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector for climate resilience
04/07/2024
Cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire have faced increasing climate challenges, as cocoa crops are highly sensitive to weather changes. With support from...
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Support for animals means support for families in the Republic of Moldova
25/06/2024
In 2022, the Republic of Moldova faced an extreme drought that led to 50 - 60 percent losses in some of their crops. With this loss of income and increased...