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Climate talks at the COP26 conference included attention on indigenous groups. “Indigenous peoples are at the center because they are the ones...
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Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition...
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Global tourism has reaffirmed its commitment to making the sector a pillar of inclusive growth. At the official World Tourism Day 2021...
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In Italy stable meadows are disappearing through the abandonment of the countryside and soil consumption. Across Europe they occupy a surface area...
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The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for urgent assistance to help...
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France will push for “an accelerated phase-out of pesticides” at the EU level when it takes on the rotating EU Council Presidency in January 2022...
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International...
MoreCall for nomination to the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy
In celebration of the 2021 UN International Year of Creative Economy, UNESCO is pleased to launch a call for nomination to the UNESCO-Bangladesh...
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Slovenia is officially open to tourists. As one of the first countries in the world to have earned the WTTC Safe Travels Stamp, it’s also created...
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