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Informal settlements and access to data in the time of COVID: a case for sharing data for decision making
The spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and other countries in the region has again brought to the fore the fact that very dense, under-serviced, mostly informal, settlements are not healthy places to live. They are also places where the spread of a disease is difficult to prevent or manage.
CFS High-Level Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will organize a High-Level Virtual Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition, 13 - 15 October 2020. The session, in lieu of CFS 47 which has been rescheduled to 8 - 12 February 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will seek to keep food security and nutrition front and centre on the global sustainable development agenda.
Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition
Partners Event on coordinating a Covid-19 response while monitoring the effect on governance of tenure and determining how to build back better
Use of semantics applied to food and agricultural data innovation systems as a key step to achieving the SDGs
FAO produces and synthesizes a wealth of information data across all the sectors to help eradicate poverty, eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, reduce rural poverty, enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, and increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises. These information and data are in text, statistical, graphic and map formats that are accessible through a wide number of FAO Knowledge Platforms.
Webinar: The State of Land Information in South Africa
The State of Land Information in South Africa
FORO DE LA TIERRA 2020: DESIGUALDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE: IMPACTO Y PROPUESTAS PARA LA GOBERNANZA DE LA TIERRA
La ILC ALC organiza del 13 al 16 de octubre el XI Foro de la Tierra ALC “Desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe: impacto y propuestas para la Gobernanza de la Tierra”.
Webinar | Legal reforms in the forest sector: Sharing experiences from Ghana and the Republic of Congo (Eng / Fra)
Thursday 24 September 2020 | 11:00am – 12:00pm BST | Via Zoom
2020 Vision: Reflections on a Quarter Century of Metadata
Challenges finding information in food and agriculture on the Web: what can we do better?
Wednesday, 23 September
(2020-09-23)
15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Panelists will be from FAO, CGIAR, Land Portal Foundation, USDA and Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences.
Fixing the Business of Food: A Critical Cross-Sector Dialogue to Re-Strategize Food Businesses
The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN), the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the Santa Chiara Lab – University of Siena (SCL) and the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment (CCSI) invite you to join us on September 22nd, 2020 1:00-3:00pm EST / 7:00-9:00pm CEST for the online event of Fixing the Business of Food.
COVID-19, Regulatory Rollback and the ‘Green Recovery’: Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voices
As COVID-19 has hobbled governments around the world, environmental protections have diminished or disappeared altogether, leaving the door wide open for abuse, corruption, land grabs. Indigenous peoples and their territories are prime targets to pillage during this vulnerable period.
COVID-19, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples Defining the Path Forward
Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage more than half of the world´s land. These biodiverse ancestral lands are vital to the people who steward them and the planet we all share. But governments only recognize indigenous and community legal ownership of 10 percent of the world´s lands. Secure tenure is essential for safeguarding the existing forests against external forces. This is specifically true for forests managed by Indigenous Peoples, where much of the world’s carbon is stored.
Webinar on Advancing Gender Equality: Women, Land & the SDGs
Expert discussion will examine barriers to women’s land rights and discuss strategies for policymakers, advocates, and governments to create opportunities for women’s economic and social empowerment.