Saving wetlands to fight climate change

IUCN, the Ramsar Convention and the Danone Group have teamed up to fight climate change by protecting and restoring wetlands.
Wetlands, especially mangrove swamps, capture 20 percent of the Earth’s carbon and produce 24 percent of the world’s food. Not only are they vital to the survival of many populations, they also naturally purify fresh water [...]

Tecnologías apropiadas

 
La tecnología tiene como finalidad ayudarnos a resolver problemas. Pero los problemas no son iguales en todos los sitios, los recursos de que se dispone para desarrollar la tecnología no se parecen y las formas de hacer las cosas son distintas según las culturas. Las tecnologías apropiadas reconocen esta diversidad y por eso son desarrolladas [...]

Biblioteca SD Dimensions-FAO

Publicaciones del Departamento de Ordenación de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente de la FAO, con los temas de:
Comunicación para el desarrollo
Educación
Extensión
Investigación y tecnología
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Water & poverty, an issue of life & livelihoods

Water is essential for all socio-economic development and for maintaining healthy ecosystems. As population increases and development calls for increased allocations of groundwater and surface water for the domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors, the pressure on water resources intensifies, leading to tensions, conflicts among users, and excessive pressure on the environment. The increasing stress on [...]

Indigenous people threatened by climate change

 
 
ncreasingly tough climatic conditions and limited rights to land and other basic resources risk jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of many indigenous groups that hold the key to our long term survival, FAO noted today on the eve of the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
“Indigenous peoples are among the first to suffer from [...]

Panos Publication- Common knowledge

 

All human development is based on the acquisition, spread and use of knowledge.
Whether it is the know-how to produce life-saving medicines or the latest innovation in farm technology, access to knowledge can bring power and profitable returns. Unequal access, on the other hand, can create injustice – particularly when based on economic disparity.
This briefing outlines [...]