The 2025 GIAHS Award Ceremony, held on October 31 at FAO headquarters in Rome during the FAO's 80th Anniversary celebrations, honored 28 new agricultural heritage designations from 14 countries. This expanded the total number of globally recognized heritage systems to 102. Discover more about GIAHS here.

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The Trump administration is initiating oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's Coastal Plain, inviting companies to identify drilling sites. This 1.56-million-acre area is the biological heart of the Arctic Refuge, vital for the Porcupine caribou herd, migratory birds, and polar bears.

Industrializing this irreplaceable sanctuary will harm wildlife and accelerate climate change. The Arctic is already warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. Drilling will displace animals, endanger polar bear families, and pollute air and water, fueling a climate disaster. Past lease sales have failed due to public demand for protection over short-term corporate profit. Stand up for the Coastal Plain.

The Cisadane River in Jakarta is vital for many residents, supporting daily life, livelihoods, and industries like catfish farming, which relies on riverbed silkworms. However, severe plastic pollution has devastated silkworm populations, forcing farmers to undertake costly, 90-minute boat trips. The polluted water also causes skin rashes for those using the river.

The deployment of Interceptor 020 has brought significant improvements. The river now boasts cleaner water, leading to the return of silkworms and shorter, more economical trips for farmers. This intervention has fostered healthier communities and restored a crucial ecosystem.

Serbia is strengthening its agriculture to address climate and disaster risks. Supported by the FAO and European Union, farmers, advisors, and institutions are adopting climate-smart practices to build future resilience.

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This film highlights the vital role of healthy soil in fostering resilient agriculture and adapting to climate change. It is part of a joint FAO and European Union project focused on strengthening agricultural disaster resilience in Serbia.

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In Serbia's water-scarce Sušica village, the Marić family demonstrates resilient agriculture amidst hotter summers and drought. With support from FAO and the EU, they adopt innovative irrigation, renewable energy, and organic practices, blending tradition with innovation to build a sustainable future.

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In Serbia, young farmers, supported by FAO and the EU, are learning to adapt agriculture to a changing climate. Students like Đorđe Mićević gain practical skills to tackle drought, protect soil health, and build resilient farming systems. This new generation is crucial for ensuring sustainable agriculture, food security, and stronger rural communities.

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The Water Tenure Mondays webinar series (2025-2026) supports the Regional Dialogue on Water Tenure in Asia and the Pacific, contributing to FAO’s Global Dialogue on Water Tenure.

A recent session featured Sudarsono from FAO Indonesia's IFish Project, who highlighted how inland fisheries and fishers, despite lacking formal water rights, are significantly impacted by water infrastructure and usage decisions like dams and irrigation systems.

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The Automatic System for Data Collection (ASDC) platform facilitates standardized chrono-, geo-, and taxonomic locust field data collection, transmitting it to the "Caucasus and Central Asia Locust Management System (CCALM)" GIS. Developed under the FAO Locust Programme in the Caucasus and Central Asia, ASDC provides locust survey and spray monitoring forms, allowing national field observers to report results swiftly.

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The Automatic System for Data Collection (ASDC) platform facilitates standardized locust field data collection and transmission to the Caucasus and Central Asia Locust Management System (CCALM) GIS. Developed under the FAO Locust Control Programme in the Caucasus and Central Asia, ASDC provides survey and spraying monitoring forms, enabling national field observers to report results quickly.

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This film highlights the vital role of healthy soil in resilient agriculture and sustainable food systems, especially for climate change adaptation. It is part of an FAO and European Union project strengthening agricultural disaster resilience in Serbia.

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The 2025-2026 Water Tenure Mondays webinar series supports regional and global dialogues on water tenure, particularly in Asia and the Pacific.

Since 2024, the Lao Water Partnership, with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), has focused on Water Resources Protection Zones (WRPZ). This session details WRPZ guideline development and how zoning supports water allocation, protects critical sources, and manages competing demands.

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The second edition of the Water Tenure Mondays webinar series (2025-2026) supports regional and global dialogues on water tenure. This session explores how emerging technologies—such as participatory mapping, geospatial analytics, and digital registries—are reshaping our understanding of coastal and water tenure.

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This video highlights Simonda Kakola, a young Namibian farmer in the Kwandu Communal Conservancy, part of the vast Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. Like many rural families, he faces human–wildlife conflict, with elephants raiding crops and lions threatening livestock.

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, an international initiative co-funded by the EU, FFGE, and FDA, partners with WWF Namibia and farmers like Simonda. Implemented by FAO, CIRAD, CIFOR-ICRAF, and WCS, it aims to reduce conflict, enhance food security, and strengthen communal conservancies.

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This clip from 'Natural World: Supercharged Otters' (2017) features a vet preventing an otter from overheating, revealing how otters insulate through grooming. BBC Earth offers 50 years of dramatic, rare, and exclusive natural history content, showcasing the world's beauty and wonder.

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Witness dramatic Yellowstone moments, from otter-eagle conflicts to nature's master builders. These captivating clips are from "Great American Thaw" (2017), showcasing the wild beauty and natural wonder BBC Earth is renowned for.

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Forests are vital to global economies and millions of livelihoods, creating jobs, generating income, and supporting communities. They provide essential ecosystem services like water, climate regulation, and soil health, along with ecotourism, energy, and raw materials. Collectively, forests contribute trillions to the global economy.

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Effective solutions stem from a thorough understanding of the problem. Before deploying Interceptors, we conduct our Smart River Survey. This process gathers and compiles data from multiple sources to deeply understand a river's plastic pollution.

This comprehensive data enables us to tailor our technology to best fit each river's unique conditions. Learn more about our Smart River Survey in our latest video: https://youtu.be/NdauXcL3JMo?si=J7sdeTlsoxneGqry.