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Chapter 3 focuses on the blue economy, in particular on the fisheries and aquaculture sector. FULLY REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLUE ECONOMY Madagascar has the longest coastline in Africa...

The Blue Economy generated nearly US$300 billion for the African continent in 2018, creating 49 million jobs in the process. These and other crucial benefits—most notably food...

Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. These pressures are unequally distributed, yet we have piecemeal knowledge of how they...

Continued unabated, anthropogenic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions will further increase changing climate patterns.

“Rising from Drought Together” Droughts have always been a part of the natural climate cycle. For centuries, nature and people have been adapting to dry and water-scarce climate...

The members of the Stakeholder Platform announced by the "EU Action Plan: Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil" met for the first time to start developing the 2022-2024 work...

Deforestation and forest degradation are occurring at an alarming rate, aggravating climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The main driver of deforestation and forest degradation is the expansion of agricultural land...

Transforming agriculture in Asia Evolving demand even as food insecurity persists Rising incomes and urbanization are transforming food consumption. Daily energy consumption per...

Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely...

Shifting cultivation continues to be viewed as a rudimentary agricultural practice with little economic viability, a major cause of deforestation and environmental degradation, and a hurdle for development of the uplands. This view...