Event Category: Partner Event

During the COVID-19 outbreak, indigenous peoples have emphasized that the impact of the pandemic on their livelihoods and food security depends largely on the health and well-functioning of their food systems. This event will feature testimonies of indigenous peoples living and depending on forests to feed themselves and their communities. The discussion will give special attention to how forest-indigenous peoples’ food systems became their safety nets during the pandemic. The event will feature communities that have resorted to traditional forms of confinement. It will focus on indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation in the majority of cases living in forests, and why they opted to rely on forests for their needs.
A series of forestry and COVID-19 related webinars will be organized between July and October 2020. This webinar series is organized under the auspices of the FAO Forestry Technical Network (FTN). The Network intends to ensure a high standard of technical excellence and promote innovation in FAO’s work in forestry by providing a platform to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences.

The FTN webinar series builds on the outcomes of the COVID-19 Forestry Webinar Week under the theme Building back better: COVID-19 pandemic recovery contributions from the forest sector, which took place 22-25 June 2020.

On July 3rd, farmers’ representatives from all over the world will convene digitally to share their thoughts and considerations, as well as experiences and lessons learnt during the pandemic outbreak.

The recent outbreak of Covid-19 is putting unprecedented pressure on agriculture and farmers worldwide. Still, farmers’ organisations across the globe have stood strong in the middle of this storm, ensuring that no farmer is left behind.

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Join us for the next Landscape Roundtable convened by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners discussing the soon to be released Phase 3 of the African Landscape Action Plan (ALAP), which lays out a strategy for achieving sustainable development in Africa through integrated landscape management (ILM). African leaders of the November 2019 African Landscape Dialogue in Arusha, Tanzania, will provide insights on recent progress and the recommendations for action developed during the Dialogue, around landscape partnerships and governance, achieving biodiversity conservation and climate-smart agriculture through ILM, business and finance, land use planning, and policy.

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The webinar will be opened by WWF Director-General, Mr Marco Lambertini, CBD Executive-Secretary, Ms Elizabeth Mrema and WHO Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health Dr Maria Neira.

It will feature an expert discussion to present the WHO Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from COVID-19, introduce new WHO Guidance on Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Nutrition and Health, and provide an opportunity to discuss biodiversity, infectious diseases and sustainable food systems.  A lively discussion will follow with a range of development and humanitarian organizations on health and food systems issues. 

You can find more information on the webinar here and you can register here.

Join the United Nations World Oceans Day virtual event in celebration of the 2020 theme, Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. Produced in partnership with the non-profit organization Oceanic Global, UN World Oceans Day 2020 will be a day-long event featuring keynote speeches, panels, and presentations with leading ocean voices.