The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed a decision by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) council to allocate $1.76 million...
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All projects, many climate related, will be co-financed by the governments of Albania, Algeria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.
According to the report, the projects address global environmental crises that impact the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems across five continents.“Four projects in Nicaragua, Guinea, Kenya and Uzbekistan will contribute to the GEF’s Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program. Led by the World Bank, this program aims to protect ecosystem service by embedding production systems within wider landscapes.
“This work strand includes the second phase of the Common Ocean ABNJ Program which aims to establish international standards for sustainable fishing and help reduce overfishing in tuna stocks and bycatch caught through unsustainable practices ABNJ stands for Area Beyond National Jurisdiction, which cover nearly 95 per cent of the volume of the world’s oceans,” it added.
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