The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. The Guyana Land and Survey Commission (GLSC) and FAO are implementing the project Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Development and Management In the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The project aims at establishing an enabling environment for…

La Agencia Nacional de Tierras y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo – PNUD, suscribieron un convenio de cooperación con el objeto de aunar esfuerzos institucionales para trabajar mancomunadamente en el desarrollo de las fases de formulación e implementación de planes de ordenamiento social de la propiedad rural en la zona norte del país. Las responsabilidades son, entre otras: Apoyar las actividades de elaboración de oficios…

Background: La Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Pequeños(as) Productores(as) y Trabajadores(as) de Comercio Justo (CLAC), es una Asociación constituida con personería jurídica en El Salvador, que agrupa a las Organizaciones de Pequeños(as) Productores(as) (OPP’s) y Organizaciones de Trabajadores(as) (OTs) dentro del Comercio Justo. La CLAC está organizada en “Coordinadoras Nacionales” (CNs) y “Redes”; las primeras agrupan a las…

This workshop will facilitate an in-depth discussion on the lessons learned, benefits generated and challenges to promoting contribution of transboundary conservation areas to conservation of biodiversity and environmental services, to local livelihood and to sustainable development of the countries and region involved.

The Programme Management Unit (PMU) of the FAO-Saudi Technical Cooperation Programme (2019-2025) facilitates, coordinates and manages all technical and advisory services to be provided by FAO to the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MoEWA). The project 'UTF/SAU/051/SAU Strengthening MoEWA's Capacity to Implement the Sustainable Rural Agricultural Development Programme' is the first project that has been approved within the…

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science is offering 2 PhD and 1 post-doctoral positions starting in Fall 2018. The group is seeking to fill positions for the projects summarized below: Project #1: Water-Energy-Land Challenges. Project #2: Multi-Sector, Multi-Scale Risk and Robustness Analysis for Changing Integrated Human-Earth Systems.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life for themselves. It provides expert advice, training and grants support to developing countries, with the increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among…

Organizational Settings Land degradation and desertification, largely due to deforestation and unsustainable land use, are amongst the most pressing problems facing the world today. Without a long-term solution to this issue, the world risks increasing food shortages, rising poverty, and increased migration; all of which threaten the stability of societies and our sustainable development ambitions. The project aims at enhancing national…

The Land and Water Division (NSL) aims at enhancing the agricultural productivity and advancing the sustainable use of land and water resources through their improved tenure, management, development and conservation. It addresses the challenges member countries face in ensuring productive and efficient use of land and water resources in order to meet present and future demands for agricultural products, while ensuring the long-term sustainability…

The scope of the conference is to demonstrate that small water and wastewater systems represent part of the solution for the future of humanity, from theoretical concepts up to very applied cases study the conference will show that small is smart, small is beautiful, small is efficient, small is affordable, small is generous in other words small is the future!