FAO Land, Soil and Water

🌾 Wetlands play a vital role in agriculture by supplying water for crops, livestock and aquaculture and supporting food production! Let’s protect these vital wetlands for a water and food-secure future! Learn more 👉 ow.ly/P6rt50WtN3x #WetlandsCOP15

🧠#DYK🤩 At #WetlandsCOP15 @FAO is sharing knowledge & guidance for wetland-smart agrifood systems 🏞️dedicated side events 📢technical knowledge-sharing 📲new digital assets 🚨DON'T MISS today's side event: bit.ly/453nafh 👉@LI_Lifeng_FAO sharing China's Solutions

H.E. Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of Zimbabwe, Hon Dr Axious Masuka (3rd from left) visited FAO and partners exhibition booth at the Ramsar Wetlands Convention COP15 at Victorua Falls.

.🏞️@FAO is at #RamsarCOP15 in Victoria Falls 🇿🇼 to scale up action on #wetlands conservation, sustainable use & restoration 🫶 #DSL_IP Read more 🔗bit.ly/44PkG5D Healthy wetlands mean resilient agrifood systems, clean water & climate protection #ForOurCommonFuture 🌍

New report! Together with @FAO, we assessed vegetation loss in Lebanon due to conflict (Oct 2023–Oct 2024), revealing significant forest and cropland degradation using NDVI analysis based on Sentinel-2, Landsat and VHR data. Read more: bit.ly/3GXr15A

🌍 From soil microbes to global policy, FAO advances the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory with a clear agenda for action #GLOSOB 🔗 Read @FAO press release 👇🏿 fao.org/newsroom/detai… 📰 Article in @Nature 👇🏿 doi.org/10.1038/s41559… #SoilHealth #GlobalSoilPartnership

🌍 Ramsar COP15 starting today! From 23–31 July 2025, FAO will participate in the conference to advance global commitments on wetland restoration and its sustainable use! 🌿 Learn more 👉 ow.ly/P6rt50WtN3x #WetlandsCOP15

📢 Tout juste publié! 📢 Ce manuel explore comment utiliser la spectroscopie infrarouge et R pour analyser les sols. Il couvre le prétraitement, la visualisation, l'étalonnage et la validation #GlobalSoilPartnership Télécharger 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.…

Chemical contaminants in agrifood systems pose rising food safety risks — especially in water-scarce regions. A new report by @FAO and @WHO highlights the urgent need to improve water quality management. 🔗 buff.ly/GhEZw2Z #WaterAction = #ClimateAction

Progress reports on #SDG6 – 6.4.1 “Change in Water-use Efficiency” & 6.4.2 “Level of Water Stress” – are now available also in French and Spanish! Visit our website to download the reports 👉 tinyurl.com/2juyc2cy #IMISDG6 #AQUASTAT @FAOstatistics

☀️Producing roughly one-third of global food while hosting the majority of food insecure, smallholder farmers and marginalized communities paradoxically constitute a large proportion of the world’s 735 million chronically hungry people due to systemic vulnerabilities. Hunger…

Want to learn more about how environmental water flows affect water management? 🌎💧🌊❄️♨️ Read the new paper: 'Incorporating environmental flows into “water stress” Indicator 6.4.2' 📘 👉tinyurl.com/fs4dymhc #SDG6 @FAOSDGs

🌍 Ramsar COP15 is just around the corner! From 23–31 July 2025, FAO will participate in the conference to advance global commitments on wetland restoration and its sustainable use! 🌿 Learn more 👉tinyurl.com/4cantr9v #WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2025

From science to soil solutions! #INSAS 2025 is coming to Dunhuang, China. 📝 Share your work 🎓 Join trainings 🚜 Explore field visits ⚠️ Submit your abstract by July 24 Travel grants for eligible youth! #GlobalSoilPartnership #SoilHealth Read more 👇🏿 fao.org/global-soil-pa…

FAO #AQUASTAT is currently conducting a regional workshop in Nairobi, #Kenya to strengthen the monitoring of #SDG6.4 indicators — focusing on water use efficiency and water stress levels in Africa. 12 countries participating strengthening collaboration and data engagement! 🇰🇪

Explore global strategies for sustainable black soil management at @FAO’s #GlobalSoilPartnership #BlackSoils Workshop! Let’s boost food security and climate resilience together, for #SoilHealth 🌱 📖 Read more: fao.org/global-soil-pa… 📝 Register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

💧 How much does our economic growth depend on water? Are our freshwater resources under stress? 🌍 Progress reports on #SDG6 indicators 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 are now available in English, French and Spanish. Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/2juyc2cy #IMISDG6 #AQUASTAT @FAOstatistics

🎓FREE online course! 💧⚡🥗 How are water, energy & food connected? Discover the WEF Nexus and how it builds resilience in the Caribbean. Take FAO’s free self-paced course and level up your sustainable development skills. Start now 👉ow.ly/rxLo50VFNZm #Sustainability

Chaque année, 330 millions de personnes sont touchées par les tempêtes de sable & de poussière. Elles nuisent à la santé, aux cultures & aux biens. Samedi est la Journée internationale de lutte contre les tempêtes de sable et de poussière. fao.org/land-water/eve… via @FAO

In recent decades, sand & dust storms have increased in frequency and intensity Urgent actions combining short-term responses with long-term development actions are needed to meet the challenges they pose #SDSDay #United4Land Learn more: tinyurl.com/2s49rvts