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Pollinators, such as bees, birds, butterflies, and bats, play a vital role in the health of plants, animals, people and the environment. This #WorldBeeDay, here are five reasons pollinators are vital contributors to One Health. 🐝 fao.org/one-health/hig…

Pollinators, such as bees, birds, butterflies, and bats, play a vital role in the health of plants, animals, people and the environment.

This #WorldBeeDay, here are five reasons pollinators are vital contributors to One Health.

🐝 fao.org/one-health/hig…
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#DYK | Over 200,000 animal species are pollinators, including 20,000 bee species! Their work supports ecosystems, food production & biodiversity. Let’s protect them! 🌿 👉 fao.org/world-bee-day #WorldBeeDay #SavetheBees

#DYK | Over 200,000 animal species are pollinators, including 20,000 bee species!

Their work supports ecosystems, food production & biodiversity. Let’s protect them! 🌿

👉 fao.org/world-bee-day

#WorldBeeDay #SavetheBees
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Once we lose a species we have lost it forever!😱 Our bees & other pollinators are dying. Without them, we wouldn't have 75% of the 🌎 food! We need to protect our pollinators to preserve our biodiversity & secure our future of food. 👉 bit.ly/3HgARzh #WorldBeeDay

Once we lose a species we have lost it forever!😱

Our bees & other pollinators are dying. Without them, we wouldn't have 75% of the 🌎 food!

We need to protect our pollinators to preserve our biodiversity & secure our future of food.

👉 bit.ly/3HgARzh

#WorldBeeDay
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What you see isn't just a 🐝 bee - it's a pollinator! Pollinators are key #ForOurPlanet, but 1 in 3 bee, butterfly, and hoverfly species is in decline ⚠️ With the #EUPollinators Initiative, we want to protect them & reverse their decline 👉 europa.eu/!6PymrM #WorldBeeDay

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🇧🇿 In Belize, a buzzing partnership is helping restore livelihoods, protect forests & boost food security. With support from Food and Agriculture Organization & Global Environment Facility (GEF), Indigenous farmers are using bees to pollinate crops, produce honey & preserve biodiversity. 🐝 🔗 bit.ly/3YRoGz6 #WorldBeeDay

🇧🇿 In Belize, a buzzing partnership is helping restore livelihoods, protect forests & boost food security.

With support from <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> &amp; <a href="/theGEF/">Global Environment Facility (GEF)</a>, Indigenous farmers are using bees to pollinate crops, produce honey &amp; preserve biodiversity. 🐝

🔗 bit.ly/3YRoGz6

#WorldBeeDay
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#DYK | There are over 20 000 species of bees, and only 7 are honeybees! 🍯🐝 On #WorldBeeDay, here are some reasons to BEE grateful for our pollinators and tips on how you can show it 👉 bit.ly/4cC8mY5

#DYK | There are over 20 000 species of bees, and only 7 are honeybees! 🍯🐝

On #WorldBeeDay, here are some reasons to BEE grateful for our pollinators and tips on how you can show it 👉 bit.ly/4cC8mY5
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Bees and other pollinators work to provide us with: ➡️More food. ➡️Better food. ➡️Increased biodiversity and ecosystem services Protecting pollinators is important to us all. #WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees

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🍵Tea is... health. energy. hydration. livelihoods. antioxidants. What does tea mean to you? fao.org/international-… #TeaDay #FarmedWithCare

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Famine is imminent in the Gaza Strip, according to the latest IPC analysis. A recent simulation of the daily caloric availability paints the picture of a structural and foreseeable collapse in humanitarian protection and the human #RightToFood. bit.ly/430rwUP

Famine is imminent in the Gaza Strip, according to the latest IPC analysis.

A recent simulation of the daily caloric availability paints the picture of a structural and foreseeable collapse in humanitarian protection and the human #RightToFood.

bit.ly/430rwUP
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Happy #InternationalTeaDay! Did you know smallholders are responsible for 60% of world tea production. For more information, see 👉bit.ly/43Eumiv #TeaDay

Happy #InternationalTeaDay! Did you know smallholders are responsible for 60% of world tea production. For more information, see 👉bit.ly/43Eumiv

#TeaDay
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📢 FAO Press Release! Three sites in China specializing in freshwater pearl mussels, white tea and pears have become the latest additions to Globally Important #AgriculturalHeritage Systems (#GIAHS). 🗞️Read here 👉 bit.ly/4kvJbK3

📢 FAO Press Release!

Three sites in China specializing in freshwater pearl mussels, white tea and pears have become the latest additions to Globally Important #AgriculturalHeritage Systems (#GIAHS).

🗞️Read here 👉 bit.ly/4kvJbK3
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From cloud forests to rivers & drylands, communities across Latin America are bringing back biodiversity. With Food and Agriculture Organization & Global Environment Facility (GEF), projects in Brazil, Chile & Venezuela are restoring ecosystems, boosting food security & saving species. 🔗bit.ly/3SglHMR #BiodiversityDay

From cloud forests to rivers &amp; drylands, communities across Latin America are bringing back biodiversity.

With <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> &amp; <a href="/theGEF/">Global Environment Facility (GEF)</a>, projects in Brazil, Chile &amp; Venezuela are restoring ecosystems, boosting food security &amp; saving species.

🔗bit.ly/3SglHMR

#BiodiversityDay
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Biodiversity is the backbone of resilient farming. In Uganda, farmers use indigenous seeds, beekeeping & agroforestry to protect crops, improve yields & restore ecosystems. Food and Agriculture Organization is supporting them to scale up nature-based solutions 🔗 bit.ly/4kaKT4a #BiodiversityDay

Biodiversity is the backbone of resilient farming.

In Uganda, farmers use indigenous seeds, beekeeping &amp; agroforestry to protect crops, improve yields &amp; restore ecosystems.

<a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> is supporting them to scale up nature-based solutions 🔗 bit.ly/4kaKT4a

#BiodiversityDay
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🔍 How can governments ensure pesticides are effective and safe? Food and Agriculture Organization & World Health Organization (WHO) update their guidance under the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management, helping harmonize data standards and support sound registration decisions worldwide. 📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd5076…

🔍 How can governments ensure pesticides are effective and safe?

<a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> &amp; <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> update their guidance under the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management, helping harmonize data standards and support sound registration decisions worldwide.

📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd5076…
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🌱 Fast-growing trees like poplars and willows can deliver wood, income & ecosystem benefits—when managed sustainably. A new Food and Agriculture Organization publication shares innovative practices from around the world to guide smarter, greener forest management. 📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd4104…

🌱 Fast-growing trees like poplars and willows can deliver wood, income &amp; ecosystem benefits—when managed sustainably.

A new <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> publication shares innovative practices from around the world to guide smarter, greener forest management.

📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd4104…
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Effective surveillance for #Africanswinefever (ASF) involves recording detailed data on carcass decomposition, age, sex, and precise coordinates. Learn more on #ASF disease occurrence mapping in backyards, commercial sectors and wild or feral pigs. 📘▶️bit.ly/4hJJxeJ

Effective surveillance for #Africanswinefever (ASF) involves recording detailed data on carcass decomposition, age, sex, and precise coordinates.

Learn more on #ASF disease occurrence mapping in backyards, commercial sectors and wild or feral pigs.

📘▶️bit.ly/4hJJxeJ
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🇸🇩 Crop losses and food insecurity persist across Sudan amid ongoing crises. Food and Agriculture Organization's latest assessment calls for urgent support to affected communities and measures to boost food production, farmer incomes, and value chain efficiency. 📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd4973…

🇸🇩 Crop losses and food insecurity persist across Sudan amid ongoing crises.

<a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a>'s latest assessment calls for urgent support to affected communities and measures to boost food production, farmer incomes, and value chain efficiency.

📘 doi.org/10.4060/cd4973…
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🌊 In 2023, floods hit Eastern Libya hard, affecting communities, crops and key water infrastructure. Using satellite data, Food and Agriculture Organization assessed the damage to guide targeted recovery and protect food security and rural livelihoods. 📘 Read the report: doi.org/10.4060/cd4267…

🌊 In 2023, floods hit Eastern Libya hard, affecting communities, crops and key water infrastructure.

Using satellite data, <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> assessed the damage to guide targeted recovery and protect food security and rural livelihoods.

📘 Read the report: doi.org/10.4060/cd4267…
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Aubrain Lyavuka’s journey from farm labourer to successful fish farmer in Zambia showcases the impact of Food and Agriculture Organization and UNIDO’s @OYAProgramme. 🐟 Discover his inspiring story and its ripple effect on local agribusiness! ➡️ bit.ly/461o7Fk #AfricaDay

Aubrain Lyavuka’s journey from farm labourer to successful fish farmer in Zambia showcases the impact of <a href="/FAO/">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> and <a href="/UNIDO/">UNIDO</a>’s @OYAProgramme. 🐟

Discover his inspiring story and its ripple effect on local agribusiness! 

➡️ bit.ly/461o7Fk

#AfricaDay