Accessibility to clean and sufficient water resources for agriculture is key in feeding the steadily increasing world population in a sustainable manner. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) offer a promising contribution to enhance availability and quality of water for productive purposes and human consumption, while simultaneously striving to preserve the integrity and intrinsic value of the ecosystems. Implementing successful NBS for water management, however, is not an easy task since many ecosystems are already severely degraded, and exploited beyond their regenerative capacity.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2018Nepal, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador, Japan, Burundi, Peru, Mexico, Tanzania, Ecuador, Colombia, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Angola, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Mali, Burundi, Eswatini, Canada, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Lesotho, Rwanda, Madagascar, Maldives, Togo, Ghana
Meeting symbol/code: ARC 00 5
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000France, Benin, United States of America, Mozambique, Zambia, Gambia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Rwanda, Mauritius, South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar, Tanzania, India, Kenya, Africa
One of the guiding mandates within the FAO Constitution is the following: “The Organization shall promote and, where appropriate, shall recommend national and international action with respect to: … the conservation of natural resources and the adoption of improved methods of agricultural production ...”. In many African countries, in addition to low yields, food production is limited by the availability of land and water resources.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014Angola, Honduras, Belize, Luxembourg, Burundi, Ghana, Congo, Venezuela, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Uruguay, Panama, Mozambique, Lesotho, Rwanda, Iran, Gabon, Botswana, Canada, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Togo, Suriname
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 2016Serbia, Egypt, Afghanistan, United States of America, Kenya, Mauritania, Croatia, Eswatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, Tajikistan, Spain, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Italy, Tunisia, Chad, Mexico
As World leaders forged two new big deals in late 2015 – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Climate Change Agreements – over 200 experts and technical officers working in fields related to land and water management, participated in the 3rd Land and Water Days held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters in Rome, from 10 to 12 November 2015.
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