Addressing climate change and conserving biodiversity through sustainable agrifood systems for better production, nutrition, environment and life. Follow @FAODG
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📘 New @FAO report!
As #COP17Armenia is underway, explore how countries are integrating agrifood systems into #biodiversity planning to advance implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Download the report 👉 doi.org/10.4060/ce1999en
#KMGBF #NBSAPs
#COP17Armenia enters its final week!
The first global review of collective progress towards the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is underway.
Follow @FAO’s latest news, events and initiatives ⤵️ fao.org/biodiversity/fao-at-…
#KMGBF
2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer 👩🌾
Women farmers are at the heart of agrifood systems, strengthening food security, protecting biodiversity and building resilience.
🌐👉 fao.org/woman-farmer-2026/en
#IYWF2026
🌿 Join @FAO’s online session on Biocultural Community Protocols! Explore how these community-led tools support #geneticresource conservation, sustainable use & fair, equitable benefit-sharing.
📅 10 & 11 November 2026
🔗 shorturl.at/sqdPW
#IndigenousPeoples #Biodiversity
🤖 Made with AI
FAO Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment retweeted
🌍 Across 29 countries, more than 100 Globally Important #AgriculturalHeritage Systems showcase centuries of knowledge, agrobiodiversity and resilience.
Have you discovered #GIAHS yet?
👉 fao.org/giahs/en
🌍 100 countries supported
🧑🏿🤝🧑🏽 60 million people reached
✅ 2 billion USD mobilized to build climate-resilient agrifood systems
Because empowering countries is essential for long-lasting #ClimateAction.
More about @FAO-@theGCF partnership 👉 fao.org/gcf/en
🫘 Seeds connect us all.
Here are just 5️⃣ ways in which the International @PlantTreaty drives global food security for resilient agrifood systems.
🔗 fao.org/plant-treaty/en
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #COP17Armenia
💧 Every drop counts in a changing climate.
Through #SAGA2, @FAO supports the adaptation of agricultural sectors to climate change, including better water management and resilient farming practices.
Learn more 👉 fao.org/in-action/saga/en
#ClimateAction
📢Save the date!
📅 28 October
🕙 10:00–18:30 (UTC+4)
Join @FAO, @UNBiodiversity & the #COP17Armenia Presidency for Food and Agriculture Day.
Explore the role of agrifood systems in achieving global #biodiversity targets.
Details & livestream:
👉 fao.org/biodiversity/events/…
Did you know that biodiversity is essential for food security and nutrition?
Discover 5️⃣ reasons why biodiversity is vital for agrifood systems, and why protecting it matters.
👉Learn more about FAO's work on biodiversity: fao.org/biodiversity/en
#COP17Armenia
📚 @FAO released a resource guide for Target 10 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, helping countries turn #biodiversity commitments into action through agrifood systems.
Read more and download the guide here 👉 fao.org/biodiversity/news/de…
#KMGBF #COP17Armenia
FAO Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment retweeted
High in the Arctic, the @GlobalSeedVault stores seeds from genebanks around the world, helping protect crop diversity and contributing to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
Did you know these benefits of Svalbard's Seed Vault?
#COP17Armenia #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
FAO Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment retweeted
🌱 How can we bridge the DSI divide?
Today at #COP17, the @CGIAR and the International Plant Treaty explore how capacity sharing can help countries use digital sequence information to conserve crop diversity and strengthen breeding.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #CropDiversity
FAO Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment retweeted
🏆 Turning recognition into action!
Norway, @NordGen & @CropTrust are donating their €50K Princess of Asturias Award prize to the Emergency Reserve, to rapidly protect crop diversity in crisis zones like Ukraine, with @planttreaty.
🔗 Press Release: bit.ly/4BfN2El
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Bees. Birds. Bats. Butterflies. Big ideas. 🐝🐦🦇🦋 +💡
2 weeks to go for the Global Pollinator Conference.
Join the conversation!
Register now 👉 fao.org/cgrfa/meetings/globa…
#CGRFA #GlobalPollinatorPlatform #Pollinators2026
⛺️As part of the 2026 Global-Hub on
#IndigenousPeoples Food & Knowledge Systems
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture joined a fireside session in the Sámi tent at @FAO HQ, on the role of Biocultural Community Protocols:
👉fao.org/cgrfa/news/news-deta…
#KMGBF
.@FAO is at the Global #Bioeconomy Summit, advancing work on bioeconomy metrics and developing voluntary core indicators, as requested by Members, to bridge local diversity and global comparability.
A key contribution as #COP17 reviews global progress on biodiversity. 🌿
🌿 In #ParaísoAmazónico, Caquetá, from the hands of @FAO, through the #GCFVisiónAmazonía project, funded by @theGEF, rural communities are strengthening #FoodSecurity, promoting agroforestry systems, and working as a team to protect their #forests.
🌿 En #ParaísoAmazónico, Caquetá, de la manos de la @FAO, a través del proyecto #GCFVisiónAmazonía, financiado por @thegcf, comunidades rurales fortalecen la #SeguridadAlimentaria, impulsan #ArreglosAgroforestales y trabajan en equipo para proteger sus #bosques.
📘 New FAO report!
As #COP17Armenia is underway, explore how countries are integrating agrifood systems into #biodiversity planning to advance implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
📊 Download the report 👉 doi.org/10.4060/ce1999en
#KMGBF #NBSAPs
FAO Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment retweeted
Global experts and stakeholders are at @UNBiodiversity's #COP17Armenia to drive global action for biodiversity.
Without biodiversity there can't be food security! Learn how @FAO helps countries use, conserve, and restore biodiversity in agri-food systems➡️fao.org/biodiversity/fao-at-…
