Recommendations for "Natural Resources and Environment (209 results)"
Promote sustainability and improvement of all systems of production, including organic approaches, agro-ecological approaches, and sustainable intensification, so as to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, minimize environmental degradation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of product;
2016
Recognize, respect and protect those traditional production systems, including pastoral systems and their mobility strategies, that use ecosystems sustainably and contribute significantly to the FSN of their communities and associated ways of life;
2016
Enhance the role of grazing systems in the provision of ecosystem services, including carbon storage, by improving the sustainable management of biodiversity, soil and water.
2016
Restore degraded land and reduce deforestation by promoting sustainable grazing management, such as agro-silvopastoral systems, aiming at improved soil quality, carbon storage, pasture productivity, and conservation and storage of forages.
2016
Identify options for improving efficiency throughout food systems, while minimizing negative environmental impacts and optimize the efficient use of energy, water, nitrogen and other natural resources
2016
Strengthen the development, conservation, sustainable use and management of livestock genetic resources in line with the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, stressing the importance of the Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS), and promote access and benefit-sharing for animal genetic resources for food and agriculture, in line with relevant internationally agreed treaties;
2016
Promote integrated agricultural systems making better use of natural resources, halting deforestation, restoring degraded lands, improving soil quality, and fostering the sustainable management of water resources.
2016
Reduce pressure on resources by promoting the efficiency of feed crop production and feed use and the sustainable use of appropriate by-products for feed;
2016
To minimize the negative impact that volatile energy (and hence food) prices have on farmers’ incentives and performance, the competition between food and biofuel production should be minimized by limiting policies that promote the use of grain feedstock to produce biofuels. Such a shift would require more investment in developing either biofuel crops that grow on marginalized lands that are unsuitable for food crops or feedstocks that come from the non-edible parts of crops or from nonfood crops.
2013
Investments in R&D should be accompanied by research and extension services that make it possible for producers to adopt more sustainable production methods that conserve natural resources, in particular soil and water, as well as biodiversity.
2020
Agricultural policies that encourage a move away from monoculture towards more integrated production techniques, such as agroforestry and rice-fish farming, should be considered as this helps reduce the cost of production, increase food producers’ incomes and resilience, provide ecosystem services, and increase dietary diversity.
2020
Prevent, minimise and remedy, as appropriate, negative impacts on air, land, soil, water, forests, and biodiversity.
2014
Support and conserve biodiversity and genetic resources, including local genetic resources, and contribute to the restoration of ecosystem functions and services, and in this regard, recognizing the role played by indigenous peoples and local communities.
2014
Improve the management of agricultural inputs and outputs, to enhance the efficiency of production and minimize potential threats to the environment and to plant, animal, and human health, including occupational hazards.
2014
Smallholders and their organisations should apply the Principles [CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems], with particular attention to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and youth, by (1) Increasing productivity and income, adding more value in their operations and using natural resources sustainably and efficiently, where applicable; (2) Strengthening their resilience;(3) Managing risks, relevant to their context and circumstances, to maximize positive, and avoid negative impacts on food security and nutrition; (4) Participating in policy, programme, and monitoring processes at all levels; (5) Complying with national laws and regulations and acting with due diligence to avoid infringing on human rights.
2014
Support ecosystem restoration, conservation and protection of biodiversity and sustainable use of genetic and natural resources, especially soil and water, as important tools for developing more productive, competitive, resilient, sustainable and high quality agriculture and as necessary components of agricultural risk management.
2017
Support revitalizing rural communities by preserving sustainable agriculture and forest landscapes, local and regional production systems, closely linked to the territory in order to reverse land degradation and avoid abandonment of rural areas.
2017
Optimize and sustainably utilize assets in rural areas. Increasing sustainable agricultural production and value addition in the agri-food sector cannot be achieved without secure access to and efficient use of assets in rural areas. Sustainable use of natural resources, such as land, soil and water, is an essential basis of high-performing agricultural activities.
2016
Recognize the importance of rural regions and communities to our individual economies, promoting diversification activities beyond primary production in rural areas that increase incomes of both farmers and non-farmers in rural areas. Pursue policies for the efficient, sustainable and smart management and use of land, soil and water, ensuring legitimate and secure land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT).
2016
Increase resilient infrastructure, land and forests. Promote the development and rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, and managing land, soils, biodiversity, water and forests in order to strengthen resilience to climate change and natural disasters and maintain the agricultural production potential.
2016
Support integrated approaches to land use for sustainable forest management —including restoration, afforestation, and use of planted forests—to prevent deforestation, conserve and restore forest ecosystems and ecosystem services, including the conservation of forests and wetlands, and to promote secure forest tenure as well as training, capacity building and knowledge transfer in the field of sustainable forestry practices, especially for small producers, to improve efficiency. Take appropriate measures to improve forest governance, eliminate illegal logging and associated trade, and support the use of legally harvested and sustainably produced timber.
2016
Promote sustainable practices in aquaculture and sustainable fisheries resource management through appropriate stock management, relevant regional fisheries management organizations and other international frameworks. Commit to efforts to ensure the implementation of measures and regulations aimed at preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and encourage third countries and dedicated regional and international organizations to step up efforts.
2016
Promote cooperation on preventing the expansion of fishing in existing fisheries, the development of new fisheries, and other activities that may affect resources or habitat, unless prior assessment of its impact on the long-term sustainability of aquatic resources and marine biodiversity is conducted. Support efforts to assist developing countries evaluate their own fishing practices to reduce negative impacts on marine ecosystems. Promote measures that conserve species and critical habitats.
2016
Support existing mechanisms, platforms and institutions that enhance research and development, and knowledge exchange for climate change, natural resource management and agriculture, recognizing the importance of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security and the 4/1000 Initiative.
2016
We underline the importance of increasing public and private investment in sustainable agriculture, rural development and environmental protection in cooperation with international organisations. It is essential to tackle climate change impacts and ensure sustainable management of water, forests and other natural resources, while considering demographic growth.
2009
Renewable energy production from biomasses and related investments must be increased in a sustainable manner through balanced combination of the energy policies needs and agricultural production in a way that provides a response to our energy, economic, environmental and agriculture needs and does not compromise food security.
2009
Targeted policies to guarantee effective management and sustainable utilization of natural resources involving local communities in accordance with their identities. This pattern of growth also meets the requirements of less developed rural areas where local sustainable production should be improved.
2009
Policies should encourage that biofuels are produced and used in an environmentally sustainable manner, promoting benefits and minimizing any potential risks, with a strong emphasis on the development and commercialization of second generation biofuels, according to the approach outlined by the Declaration of the High Level Conference on World Food Security of June 2008.
2009
Accelerate the adaptation of agriculture and food systems to climate change, as increased climate variability and extreme weather events impact agriculture output and are among the forces driving the rise in global hunger, while recognizing the importance of sustainable agriculture.
2021
Improve understanding and managing of climate risks, leveraging the power of the private sector and of local national and international agriculture research organisations and knowledge institutes, as well as focusing on sustainable management and use of natural resources that are essential to food systems.
2021
Welcome the adoption of the resolution in the United Nations General Assembly on the International Year of Plant Health, 2020, and welcome the activities of MACS that facilitate research collaboration to tackle transboundary plant pests.
2019
Raise awareness of the importance of plant health to all.
2019
Enhance regenerative, sustainable land, soil and water management and the sustainable use of biodiversity.
2018
Sustainable land management, including forest and wetlands, is an important measure to undertake in crop production, soil conservation, fertility and restoration and the regulation of nutrients and quality and quantity of water in order to maintain and restore biodiversity and to enhance resilience to extreme weather events, as well as to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases, including through carbon sequestration.
2018
It is important to develop and enhance actions at different levels, including appropriate frameworks, to stimulate national policies to promote soil health, soil carbon sequestration, degraded soil restoration and use of soils in a sustainable manner. These actions should be based on science and empirical evidence and should be oriented to produce food and fiber in order to increase the efficiency of nutrient cycling and applied inputs, to maintain and raise soil fertility and to improve water use efficiency.
2018
Continue strengthening institutions that promote soil health, in multiple dimensions and approaches, and coordinate actions and initiatives among them.
2018
The bioeconomy based on the responsible use of natural resources and the conversion of agricultural waste streams into value added products has the potential to significantly contribute to achieving food security and, furthermore, it can be effectively used to develop rural spaces and economies, and to meet ambitious environmental goals.
2018
Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information and support the sharing of knowledge and technology to measure, restore, rejuvenate and maintain soil health.
2018
Extend models as appropriate for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, including inheriting and developing good farming practices, such as the FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) initiative and support the implementation of the WHO’s global action plan on antimicrobial resistance.
2016
Promote innovations in technology, social organizations, institutions and agricultural business models, through scientific, evidence-based policies and programmes and sustainable use of resources.
2016
Promote sustainable increases in productivity and production, use natural resources more efficiently, increase resilience and help address climate change in accordance with the UNFCCC.
2015
Improve soil fertility, water retention capacity and restoration of degraded land.
2015
Support transition to agroecology and other innovations for sustainable and resilient food production methods, to gradually overcome the overuse of natural resources for food production.
2020
Protect the essential ecosystem services that underpin sustainable food systems.
2020
Restrict the use of agricultural crops for non-food production (e.g. biofuel).
2020
Take measures to protect existing and especially threatened agricultural biodiversity.
2020
Recognize increased water scarcity and take immediate measures to rationalize and optimize use of scarce water resources, as well as water management, in agriculture and food systems.
2020
Facilitate biodiversity conservation through sustainable use by promoting the production and consumption of nutritionally-rich neglected and underutilized food species and local varieties.
2020
Governments must guarantee tenure security for smallholder farmers over land and natural resources, by implementing the Voluntary guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries, and forests. They must also take relevant measures to improve cooperation and governance in the management of common property resources, including open-range pastoral resources, biodiversity, water, forestry and fisheries. Women’s rights to land and natural resources use must be developed and strengthened. Governments should improve access to land by various means including land reform processes, making use of the lessons learned from other countries’ experiences.
2013
Promoting sustainable management of natural resources
2016
Reduce emissions through improved manure management.
2019
Reduce emissions from fertilizers by increasing nitrogen use efficiency
2019
Increase agricultural energy efficiency and shift to non-fossil energy sources
2019
Focus on realistic options to sequester carbon in agricultural soils
2019
Conversion-free supply chains: Mobilize buyers, traders, and financiers of agricultural commodities to purchase or finance only commodities not linked to deforestation or other ecosystem conversions.
2019
Target reforestation and peatland restoration: Reforestation at a scale necessary to hold temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius (i.e., hundreds of millions of hectares) is potentially achievable but only if the world succeeds in reducing projected growth in demand for resource-intensive agricultural products and boosting crop and livestock yields.
2019
Properly identify “marginal and unimprovable” agricultural lands for reforestation
2019
Integrate more native species in reforestation efforts
2019
Actively support farmer-assisted regeneration
2019
Better peatlands data and mapping
2019
Resources: Restoration requires resources both to fund the physical restoration and, usually, to compensate in some way existing users of the land for their forgone uses
2019
Regulations: Governments should establish, and enforce, strong laws protecting peatlands from further drainage or conversion
2019
Political commitment: Restoring peatlands, like most other infrastructure projects, has high potential to arouse opposition from some parties, even if the benefits to the public are clear and the project has the support of the vast majority of those directly affected. Efforts to move forward must be sensitive to issues of equity and seek participation and consent but should respect majority support.
2019
Introduce energy-efficient, low-carbon cold chains
2019
Finance: Structure domestic and international financing to simultaneously support yield gains and natural ecosystem protection and/or restoration.
2019
Support institutional and policy reforms to reform outdated and counterproductive forestry legislation, establish more secure land tenure and management rights over trees, and strengthen local institutions to improve natural resource governance.
2019
Pursue new models for increasing soil carbon in depleted croplands.
2019
Raise productivity: Increased efficiency of natural resources use is the single most important step toward meeting both food production and environmental goals
2019
Use land, water, nutrients, and pesticides more efficiently
2017
Enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities and ecosystems through a mix of conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of land resources.
2017
Providing incentives for the sustainable consumption and production of natural resources. Land degradation neutrality or no net loss of healthy and productive land means more services onsite and less negative environmental or social impacts offsite.
2017
Reward sustainable land management practices
2017
Implement integrated landscape management approaches
2017
Higher nutrient efficiency along the food chain (e.g. better recycling of minerals in animal manure, use of by-products or food wastes as feed or compost, recycling of minerals from cities, etc.).
2016
More efficient aquaculture systems, with lower nutrient losses and less impact on coastal systems.
2016
More energy- and water-efficient food processing.
2016
Reframe thinking by promoting ‘resource-smart food systems’ in which ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ (CSA) plays one part, and search for linkages to new dominant values such as ‘wellbeing’ and ‘health’.
2016
Reconnect mineral flows between urban areas and rural areas, as well as between crop and livestock production.
2016
Research and innovate, to decouple food production from resource use and environmental impacts, and to replace certain inputs (such as pesticides) with ecosystem services
2016
Rebuild feedback loops by functional and informative monitoring and reporting, at various levels, such as countries, cities and companies.
2016
More effective use of ecosystems services (e.g. integrated pest management to reduce pesticide use)
2016
Revalue the pricing of environmental externalities, reinforce legislation to prevent pollution and other forms of environmental degradation and remove subsidies that provide disincentives for better resource efficiency.
2016
Other public support to midstream SMEs includes financial incentives to comply with food safety standards and facilities to implement technical assistance programmes.
2021
Provide market incentives for SME investments to strengthen more circular and sustainable food systems. Midstream SMEs generate substantial environmental externalities through agrochemical use and through unresolved trade-offs between packaging materials and food waste. Investments in better equipment, technical innovations and knowledge can help midstream SMEs meet sustainability standards.
2021
Support youth participation in environmental monitoring and regulation, agroecology transitions, and other actions to preserve the natural resource base (land, forests, water) for coming generations, based on a systematic review of the social, economic and environmental consequences of existing land-use practices.
2021
Encourage youth to practice agroecology and other sustainable innovations by connecting knowledge that is locally specific (traditional and intergenerational) with horizontal and formal training and education programmes, as well as advisory and extension services, to improve the resilience of agriculture, farming systems and food systems to environmental and social shocks.
2021
Dramatically reduce food loss and waste.
2021
Develop more resource-efficient and climate-smart production systems that provide for a wider diversity of healthy diets.
2021
Environmental, transportation and energy policies will be absolutely necessary to enhance the positive outcomes of the repurposing support efforts in the realms of efficiency, equality, nutrition, health, climate mitigation and the environment.
2022
Environmental, transportation and energy policies will be absolutely necessary to enhance the positive outcomes of the repurposing support efforts in the realms of efficiency, equality, nutrition, health, climate mitigation and the environment.
2022
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, as well as knowledge and education, strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
Innovative mechanisms to reduce climate-related risks, widespread adoption of climate-smart and environmentally sound production techniques, and the conservation and rehabilitation of natural environments will strengthen the resilience of food systems against increased climate variability and extremes.
2021
The ways we produce food and use our natural resources can help deliver a climate-positive future in which people and nature can coexist and thrive. Central to this effort are priorities to protect nature, to sustainably manage existing food production and supply systems, and to restore and rehabilitate natural environments.
2021
Developing or updating national food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) through the full integration of environmental sustainability elements in each of the guideline’s recommendations, according to national contexts and using these FBDGs to guide agriculture and food policies, is one way help to drive the greening of food systems.
2021
Systemic, inclusive approaches to food systems strengthen the links between the environment, health and food production. This includes a biocentric approach that uses new metrics to measure system performance to complement current indicators. Internationally, the One Health approach recognizes the interdependence between food, health and the environment, including biodiversity.
2021
Developing co-responsible, circular food systems through reciprocity, solidarity and safety nets that influence corporate responsibility beyond the life of a given product. Circularity and co-responsibility within food systems can ensure that externalities are absorbed in the prices and ensure that the current waste generated by the food systems is moved away from inorganic waste residues towards organic ones and thus reincorporated into the system as an input.
2021
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, knowledge and education, as well as strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
Innovative mechanisms to reduce climate-related risks, widespread adoption of climate-smart and environmentally sound production techniques, and the conservation and rehabilitation of natural environments will strengthen the resilience of food systems against increased climate variability and extremes.
2021
The ways we produce food and use our natural resources can help deliver a climate-positive future in which people and nature can coexist and thrive. Central to this effort are priorities to protect nature, to sustainably manage existing food production and supply systems, and to restore and rehabilitate natural environments.
2021
Developing or updating national food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) through the full integration of environmental sustainability elements in each of the guideline’s recommendations, according to national contexts and using these FBDGs to guide agriculture and food policies, is one way help to drive the greening of food systems.
2021
Systemic, inclusive approaches to food systems strengthen the links between the environment, health and food production. This includes a biocentric approach that uses new metrics to measure system performance to complement current indicators. Internationally, the One Health approach recognizes the interdependence between food, health and the environment, including biodiversity.
2021
Need to promote increased resource use efficiency to reduce and/or substitute external inputs, recycling of water, nutrients, biomass and energy, diversification and integration of different farming sectors (various crops and/or animals) for high levels of biodiversity.
2021
Increase efficiency of input use and reduce use of costly, scarce or environmentally damaging inputs, substitute conventional inputs and practices with agroecological alternatives, and focus on improving agroecosystems at the farm and landscape levels.
2021
Support nature-positive solutions by going beyond reducing damage to food ecosystems and, instead, making ecosystems thriving and resilient. This includes several sustainable approaches to agricultural production and human consumption of food: agroecology, regenerative agriculture, and organic farming, among other related approaches.
2021
Agricultural, food, and climate change policies should explicitly consider landscape dimensions and provide incentives for integrated landscape management through local governance, including development of multistakeholder platforms that can build support for collective action on climate change.
2022
Governments should promote adoption of clean energy sources in agrifood systems through an enabling environment and appropriate financial incentives for the use of wind and solar power and decentralized electricity grids.
2022
Identification of productive-use locations that could jointly support energy, water, and food security can be used to attract investments that increase productivity and sustainability.
2022
Cold chains provide benefits in terms of maintaining food quality (including nutritional quality) and safety, reducing food loss and waste, and facilitating market access, and they are also key to maintaining the integrity of veterinary medicines and vaccines to help prevent and manage outbreaks of zoonotic diseases.
2023
Climate-friendly refrigeration systems based on renewable energy can help cold chains become more sustainable, though challenges such as access to reliable and affordable energy need to be addressed.
2023
With water scarcity becoming a reality in many places across the rural–urban continuum, technologies such as rainwater storage can optimize water-use efficiency in rainfed agriculture.
2023
The safe use of wastewater can lead to important energy savings for food production, and for cities in general. Nutrients recovered from wastewater can be used instead of inorganic fertilizers.
2023
At the plot, farm and landscape levels, agroecological innovations can help increase farmers’ incomes, improve food security and nutrition, use water and soil more efficiently, conserve biodiversity, provide ecosystem services, and enhance nutrient recycling, among other benefits.
2023
Organic farming systems can provide more profits with less environmental footprint and produce nutritious foods with less pesticide residue.
2023
Vertical farms can minimize risks of foodborne illnesses and considerably reduce the need for both inputs (e.g. fertilizers and pesticides) and water (through recycling).
2023
Countries should suspend biofuel mandates and subsidies. While beneficial to farmers and landlords, such policies come at the expense of those who can least afford it.
2022
Design regulations to improve the functioning of markets for land, inputs, services, and water, while protecting the vulnerable and preventing the concentration of resources.
2023
Strengthen accountability, monitoring and the requirement for local consent with respect to corporate/international land, forest and water acquisitions.
2023
Governments should promote optimization of agricultural outputs per unit of water, soil, energy, labor and land, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and natural resource degradation (including deforestation), in accordance with their Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement, and other relevant national planning instruments.
2021
Governments should institute, where appropriate, monitoring systems (including early warning systems), quality indices (e.g. integrated diversification and agro-biodiversity targets, soil health, water quality, farm income and food price) and other food system and dietary metrics as part of the environment and climate-related target setting policies to monitor changing conditions and the effectiveness of policy responses.
2021
Governments, farmers and their organizations, private sector and other relevant stakeholders should address soil health as central to agricultural production systems, with due attention to the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management.
2021
Governments should encourage the use of integrated soil fertility and nutrients management practices as well as ecosystem services productivity for sustainable production, and promote the use of sustainable land management services and agricultural practices to maintain soil biodiversity and nutrient balance, reduce soil erosion, improve water management, and promote carbon storage and sequestration.
2021
Governments should promote and improve the sustainable management and sustainable use of water resources for agriculture and food production through, where appropriate, improved regulation, integrated water resource management at watershed scale, inclusive and participatory approaches, and enhanced water cooperation approaches that involve civil society organizations, farmer organizations, peasants and other small-scale food producers, indigenous peoples and local communities, private sector, and other relevant stakeholders, that take into account the variety of water needs across different sectors.
2021
Governments and other relevant stakeholders should protect, conserve and sustainably use biodiversity for food and agriculture to strengthen the resilience of food systems.
2021
Governments should recognize the importance of pastoralists and sustainable rangelands management and grazing systems for nutrition, healthy ecosystems, rural livelihoods and resilient food supply chains as well as encourage low inputs pastoral systems to produce healthy animal source food that contribute to reducing poverty and hunger.
2021
Encourage policies to promote sustainable production and consumption patterns that support, maintain, or enhance conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, and resource use efficiencies, including through supporting circular economies and other sustainable approaches and systems, while enhancing livelihoods and offering economic opportunities and growth, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders.
2019
Undertake assessments that adequately consider the environmental impact of food systems, including food losses and waste, and continue to refine calculation methods that consider the environmental impacts of food systems.
2019
Promote measures to improve animal welfare, in line with OIE standards, including through the implementation of agroecological and other innovative approaches.
2019
Raise policy makers’ and public awareness, using a science and evidence-based approach, about the risks of pesticides and other agrochemicals, to human, animal and plant health and the environment.
2019
Promote, based on agroecological and other innovative approaches, alternatives to chemical pesticides and the greater integration of biodiversity for food and agriculture. Promote the removal of highly hazardous pesticides, in line with recommendation 7.5 of the WHO/FAO International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management and depending on specific context and national capacities.
2019
Drawing on the International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers, the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management, and consistent with national strategies and contexts, recognize the value of, and strengthen support for, agroecological and other innovative approaches that promote recycling, optimizing, or reducing, as appropriate, the reliance on external inputs, and facilitate the regeneration of soil health.
2019
Govern territories and landscapes at appropriate levels and in an inclusive way, with particular attention to people in vulnerable situations, so as to respond to local needs. This includes enhancing the provision of ecosystem services and managing trade-offs between them, protecting biodiversity-rich habitats, and responding to the local impacts of global emergencies; in particular by supporting social innovation and strengthening inclusive public bodies, such as local food policy councils and multi-stakeholder landscape and watershed management platforms.
2019
Promote advisory and agricultural extension services, and strengthen training programmes to improve the implementation of agroecological and other innovative approaches, which could include ecological and environmental-friendly alternatives to agrochemical use as a mean to achieve food security and nutrition while protecting the environment. This should cover all agricultural sectors, using a holistic approach and using methods such as farmer field schools (FFS) and producer-to-producer networks.
2019
Promote the empowerment of women, particularly small-scale food producers and family farmers, and their organizations, by supporting collective action, negotiation and leadership skills, to increase access to and equity in the control over land and natural resources, according to national legislation.
2019
Restore degraded pasture and improve grazing management practices.
2023
Change the livestock population to match not only nutritional needs but also environmental opportunities and constraints.
2023
Make changes towards integrated production regimes such as an integrated sylvopastoral production regime, to reduce deforestation and accelerate reforestation or afforestation, or crop–livestock integration to support enhanced nutrient management or a livestock-energy complex to process manure and slaughterhouse waste into biogas or biofertilizer.
2023
Improve the adoption of certification and labelling schemes that contribute to promotion and incentivization of low-carbon practices and zero-deforestation by livestock producers.
2023
Improve sustainability practices in fisheries to support long-term productivity of fisheries and to address growing demand for the sector.
2023
Biodiversity of livestock should be protected to avoid genetically homogenous animal population that could contribute to the emergence and diffusion of diseases, or lead to overutilization of antibiotics.
2023
The livestock sector can change the sources of its feed to promote innovative solutions for reducing its environmental footprint, including promoting circular economy solutions based on reutilization of food loss and waste, and developing newer solutions involving algal, fungal and microbial protein replacement, as well as use of insects.
2023
Increasing soil carbon sequestration through improved grazing management practices can promote carbon sequestration in soils, avoid the risk of land degradation, and maintain long-term productivity.
2023
Degraded pasture should be restored and planted with improved grasses and legumes.
2023
When feasible, apply nitrification inhibitors on pastureland to reduce N2O emissions.
2023
Subsidies encouraging overgrazing, excessive use of antibiotics or production in environmentally inefficient locations should be phased out and replaced by support promoting development and adoption of improved breeds, use of adequate and innovative feed, and implementation of integrated production systems.
2023
Implement sustainable fishing practices that support biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, climate change mitigation, and resilience to stressors.
2023
Shift the energy mix use in fisheries and fishing fleet towards renewable and low-carbon fuel (e.g. ammonia).
2023
Invest in and adopt fish varieties with improved genetics.
2023
Limit the use of antibiotics in aquaculture and rely on solar panels and other renewable sources to power aquaculture installation.
2023
Ensure inclusive, sustainable and equitable access to fisheries, land and water resources for those engaging in fishing and aquaculture activities.
2023
Change crop pattern and improve crop diversification.
2023
Improve nutrient management through increased fertilizer application efficiency by aligning fertilizer application with soil and crops needs, reducing over-application in some locations, shifting to smarter and more innovative fertilizers, and increasing the reliance on organic fertilizer wherever possible.
2023
Promote the cultivation of leguminous as food, feed or cover crops to improve natural nitrogenous fixation, and apply nitrogen inhibitors on crops fields to limit N2O emissions.
2023
Adopt integrated pest management strategies that use a combination of biological control, crop rotation, resistant varieties, and minimal pesticide use to manage pests sustainably, and limit the reliance on GHG-intensive pesticides.
2023
Improve the management of crop residues through a circular economy approach; crop residues should be used for feeding animals, reintegrated into soils or, when no other relevant alternative exists, used to produce bioenergy.
2023
Improve practices that preserve soil health and enhance carbon in soil through regenerative agriculture and climate smart practices.
2023
Protect existing forests and wetlands by halting deforestation and conversion of wetlands into agricultural land, as indicated in the COP 26 Glasgow Leader’s Declaration on forest and land use. Zero net-deforestation is an immediate global goal but stopping gross deforestation, and the draining of wetlands, is needed to achieve mitigation objectives but also protect biodiversity.
2023
Identify priority landscapes for restoration, emphasizing biomes like mangroves and peatlands with high climate change mitigation and adaptation potential.
2023
Afforestation programmes should not lead to implantation of forest, or tree-species, in inadequate locations; incentivized afforestation efforts should not lead to destruction of natural ecosystems.
2023
Implement forest and landscape restoration (FLR) strategies that not only reverse degradation and deforestation but also conserve biodiversity, support sustainable livelihoods, and mitigate climate change impacts. Integrate these efforts into national climate commitments and SDGs.
2023
Develop robust monitoring systems for measuring GHG emissions, reporting, and verifying restoration activities’ impact on carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
2023
Mobilize financial support and investment (diverse funding mechanisms, including private sector investments, green deals, equity funds, innovative finance [e.g. green bonds] and financial incentives linked to climate change initiatives [like voluntary carbon markets]) for protection and restoration.
2023
Recognize Indigenous Peoples as key stewards and incorporate their knowledge, rights and participation in restoration initiatives.
2023
Improve forest management to jointly maximize carbon capture and biodiversity, including for trees, and to minimize the risk of fires.
2023
Improve the utilization of sustainable wood products to replace GHG-intensive construction materials and other inputs.
2023
Integrate restoration efforts into productive schemes through agroforestry, sylvopasture and paludiculture.
2023
Change farm policies to phase out subsidies and commodity price support for production occurring largely on deforested or drained land.
2023
Improve knowledge of soil and soil health by updating existing soil maps, and develop new methods, including but not limited to remote sensing, to monitor soil health and carbon in soil contents.
2023
Protect soil and water by reducing the use of chemical inputs.
2023
Propagate alternative conservation methods in farming systems and prioritize input control in sensitive river basins and catchments.
2023
Promote nature-based solutions in agriculture to address issues like pest control, water quality, biodiversity, and crop phenology.
2023
Improve regenerative farm practices to preserve soil and enhance carbon in soils. Such practices include the reduction in soil disturbance with a switch to low-till or no-till practicesor planting perennial crops; change planting schedules or rotations with cover crops or double crops instead of leaving fields fallow; managed grazing of livestock (e.g. graze on cover crops); and application of compost or crop residues to fields.
2023
Improve sustainable land management (SLM) techniques and implement tried and tested SLM techniques (e.g. soil erosion control, soil carbon improvement).
2023
Manage freshwater at the river basin level to buffer against climate uncertainty.
2023
Repurpose ageing infrastructure to consider all forms of freshwater storage, both natural and built, for multiple benefits.
2023
Improve water management and irrigation technologies.
2023
Modernize irrigation systems to align with farmer demand for flexible and reliable water supplies and phase out flood irrigation techniques.
2023
Utilize innovative planning, design and evaluation technologies for real water savings per unit of production and reduced soil erosion or salination, including the adoption of drip irrigation, precision agriculture, and the reliance on digital agriculture technologies to optimize water use.
2023
Change investment focus towards smart rainfed systems when irrigation potential is limited or associated with high trade-offs.
2023
Change energy sources for irrigation systems to clean and renewable sources; irrigation should be prioritized when adopting cleaner sources of energy (e.g. solar panel for small scale irrigation projects for smallholders).
2023
Improve inclusive governance for land and water, and collaborative decision-making.
2023
Establish inclusive governance models that recognize both customary and statutory land and water rights, and encourage hybrid legal systems for equitable water and land tenure regimes.
2023
Change water-pricing policies and subsidies to irrigation, or energy for irrigation. Channelling existing subsidies towards investments in new infrastructure, promotion and adoption of water saving practices, and soil enhancement methods should be privileged, including payments for carbon in soil.
2023
Improve the circular economy to ensure that that the fraction of food that could not be consumed by humans is properly used for feed, energy, or other industries.
2023
Replace traditional use of biomass with modern energy alternatives, including bioenergy used in more efficient cookstoves.
2023
Improve the efficiency of energy use in agrifood systems at least to the average of the wider economy, [by] modernizing equipment from fishing fleets to cold storage units; adopting energy-saving practices (e.g. drip irrigation) and clean transportation solutions for short (electric- or biomass-powered trucks) and medium distances (rail); minimizing reliance on aviation, including for global value chains; and embracing better consumer-level practices (e.g. using a pressure cooker for pulses).
2023
Improve infrastructure to facilitate integration and distribution of bioenergy within existing systems, leveraging compatibility with natural gas and industrial infrastructures.
2023
Improve bioenergy production unit with carbon capture and storage.
2023
Improve long-term planning for bioenergy use and adopt a performance-based approach.
2023
Set clear long-term targets for adoption and integration of bioenergy into the energy mix, providing a roadmap for consistent progress towards clean energy objectives. Monitor implementation of this planning and revise targets based on the sector’s actual performance, including the evolution of agricultural productivity.
2023
Improve management of liquid biofuel demand during the transition period.
2023
Change bioenergy feedstocks to sustainable inputs and improve waste and residue collection.
2023
Improve the production, productivity and sustainability of short-rotation woody energy crops.
2023
Improve agroforestry systems to supply modern bioenergy; beyond dedicating short-rotation woody energy crops to modern bioenergy production endeavours, sustainably managed forest plantations and sustainable tree planting integrated with agricultural production via agroforestry systems should supply feedstocks.
2023
Improve the life-cycle emissions balance of biofuels and bioenergy pathways, including relying on CCUS, improving facilities, and taking account of the life-cycle carbon intensities ofvarious feedstocks (including carbon sequestered in soil) to reduce GHG emissions from every litre of biofuels produced.
2023
Improve energy saving in primary food production units through a circular approach including a close-loop system for aquaculture, crops and livestock, including insect production.
2023
Implement and enforce stringent sustainability criteria and standards for bioenergy production to ensure environmental protection, emphasizing responsible sourcing and production practices.
2023
Enforce strict controls on land conversion for forestry plantations and woody energy crops to prevent land-use conflicts.
2023
Shift energy use by food producers, in particular small-scale producers, towards renewable energy.
2023
Change approaches to co-produce energy and food simultaneously; integrating production systems within agrifood systems (e.g. sylvopastoralism, crops–livestock integration andagroforestry), should be expanded to explore new innovations allowing joint production of food and electricity.
2023
Improve the use and production of fertilizers, including increasing the role organic fertilizer plays when relevant, and reducing the demand for and energy requirement of traditional chemical fertilizers.
2023
Foster global cooperation to facilitate knowledge sharing, technology transfer and capacity-building, enabling both developed and developing nations to participate in the transition to clean bioenergy.
2023
Improve the data on land tenure, aquatic resource use, and forest use and land use through remote sensing coupled with ground truthing and community engagement to guarantee access rights and monitor evolutions.
2023
Scale up climate resilience across agrifood systems by reducing climate-related risks; adapting to climate change; adopting climate risk monitoring and early warning systems; supporting climate risk insurance; promoting improved access to and management of natural productive assets (e.g. landscape restoration, water management); implementing climate-smart interventions.
2024
Land‑use zoning to protect urban agriculture, livestock and fishing activities.
2024
Promote and support circularity through composting, biogas digestion, feeding waste to livestock, donation of surplus food to food redistribution programmes, etc.
2024
Better recognize linkages between environment and natural resource degradation and food security and nutrition
2020
Creation of adequate monitoring systems of the status of the natural resources needed in food systems, as well as their environmental impacts
2016