Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
FactsheetConsolidating School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean - GCP/RLA/223/BRA 2024
Also available in:
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 interrupted the years of international cooperation that sought to achieve food security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Due to the emergency, economic changes occurred in the involvement of institutions in developing School Feeding Programmes (SFPs), food delivery and creating safe classrooms.The project built upon the Government of Brazil’s technical cooperation in the region, supporting the implementation of programmes and public policies to ensure adequate and healthy food for students and their families. It also promoted local economic development through direct purchases from family farmers.This South-South Cooperation in capacity development and gender equality led to a school feeding network in the region. This network involves 26 countries engaging in activities and dialogue on the subject and has contributed to reducing poverty and malnutrition. -
Technical bookRapid assessment of pollinators'status
A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
2008Also available in:
No results found.Every continent has reports of pollinator declines in at least one region/ country. The losses of pollination services have been well documented in many specifi c instances; what remains lacking are global assessments of changes in the distribution and levels of pollination services. As the recognized drivers of pollinator losses (changing land-use patterns, pesticide use, diseases, invasive species and climate change) are themselves changing in intensity, the global community is jus tifi ed in taking note and determining the actions that will conserve pollinators. The insidious nature of the loss of ecosystem services- by slow erosion rather than cataclysmic events- demands careful monitoring. Pollinators provide essential services to humans. In several instances, impressive documentation of the market and non-market values derived from pollination services has been made. Despite this, the economic valuation of pollination services has a number of challenges to overcome, many stemming from the gaps in understanding of the actual contribution of pollination to crop production. Developing sound management plans for pollinators will hinge on good taxonomic support. Linked to the taxonomic information about species is other information on biological characteristics (including fl oral relationships and ecological linkages) that are important for adaptive management. New approaches to managing pollinator information should help to overcome the taxonomic impediment, although the focus at present has been on bees, and not on other key pollinator groups. -
FactsheetPolíticas agro-ambientales fortalecidas en países de América Latina y el Caribe - GCP/RLA/195/BRA 2019
Also available in:
No results found.Los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) han experimentado enlos últimos años una mayor presión sobre sus recursos naturales, nohabiendo podido transformar el modelo productivo y generandoimpactos ambientales que afectan sobre todo a la población másvulnerable. Reforzar las políticas bajo un enfoque agroambiental quefomenten la viabilidad económica y ambiental, fueron los objetivos delproyecto para los países interesados, bajo un proceso de coordinacióninternacional e interinstitucional. La región cuenta ahora concompetencias reforzadas para la aplicación de las Directrices Voluntariaspara Políticas Agroambientales, a fin de avanzar hacia el desarrollo ruralsostenible y la consecución de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional enun escenario de cambio global.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.