{"id":265,"date":"2022-06-22T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=265"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:00:19","slug":"global-environment-facility-approves-18-million-to-support-fao-led-projects-in-africa-and-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2022\/06\/22\/global-environment-facility-approves-18-million-to-support-fao-led-projects-in-africa-and-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Environment Facility approves $18 million to support FAO-led projects in Africa and Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three new projects \u2013 in Nigeria, Venezuela and a regional initiative encompassing Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda \u2013 will improve the management of protected areas, protect biodiversity in lowland forests, and build water security and resilience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResilient and productive land and aquatic ecosystems are the foundation of sustainable agri-food systems transformation,\u201d said FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo. \u201cThe approval of these three projects strengthens our ability to help countries move on a path of sustainability that leaves no one behind\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biodiversity conservation project in Venezuela will address key barriers to the sustainable use of biodiversity in order to support the effective management of five existing Protected Areas in the Caroni River Basin in the Guiana Massif, one of the most pristine and biodiverse areas on the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}