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Sea otters are remarkable for their use of rocks as tools to crack open shells.

Explore more about these fascinating marine mammals in our Marine Life Encyclopedia: oceana.ly/seaotter

This video highlights the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) results in Ecuador since October 2018. Testimonials from Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) demonstrate how FAO's FFF support strengthened the Amazonian bioeconomy, integrated gender, consolidated livelihoods, and created youth opportunities. FFF provides direct financial investment to FFPOs.

FFF has mobilized over $4.6 million, directly impacting 14,600 rural families and promoting good practices across 211,000 hectares. Beneficiaries are 49% women and 75% indigenous. Subscribe to FAO on YouTube. Follow FAO: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, Weibo. © FAO.

Since October 2018, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) in Ecuador has significantly strengthened rural communities. Through direct financial investments, FFF has mobilized over $4.6 million, benefiting 14,600 rural families and promoting sustainable practices across 211,000 hectares. Testimonials highlight its impact on the Amazonian bioeconomy, gender integration, sustainable livelihoods, and youth opportunities. Notably, 49% of beneficiaries are women, and 75% are indigenous peoples.

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In Toacaso, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, the Asopragma association, supported by the Paisajes Andinos project, demonstrates the power of organization and female leadership. Initially facing resistance and challenges like low milk prices and limited financing, 46 families (35 led by women) embraced sustainable dairy practices. This led to increased milk production, improved incomes, and better product quality.

Beyond production, Asopragma established a successful community savings and credit fund, empowering women with access to finance for productive activities, education, and emergencies. This initiative, alongside a social fund, fosters economic autonomy and community solidarity. Asopragma's story highlights how local organization, female leadership, and community finance build resilient, inclusive, and sustainable Andean landscapes.

Watch the replay of our virtual conversation with Dr. Jessica Hernandez, a globally recognized Indigenous scientist, climate justice leader, and best-selling author. Her work, including "Fresh Banana Leaves," transforms environmentalism by integrating Indigenous science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western frameworks.

In this session, Dr. Hernandez explores Indigenous approaches to resilience, relationality, and decolonizing environmental practice. She offers powerful insights for creating more just, life-affirming systems within the biomimicry community and beyond.

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Our blue planet's oceans cover over two-thirds of its surface, connecting us all. Yet, these vital waters are increasingly under threat.

Oceana works to protect marine life, coastal communities, and our climate. This critical mission requires collective effort, as we cannot succeed alone.

Solo sailor Ellen MacArthur's circumnavigation of the globe provided profound insights into the world's finite resources and interconnected cycles. Her journey highlighted how today's decisions directly impact future availability.

Based on this understanding, MacArthur proposes a bold new vision for economic systems. She advocates for a circular economy, moving away from linear models, where resources are continuously reused and regenerated, ensuring sustainability for generations to come.

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Open Foris Arena is a modern, cloud-based platform for comprehensive environmental, forest, and socio-economic surveys. It offers customizable structures, multilingual data collection, and real-time collaboration, ideal for national inventories and complex surveys. Its complementary mobile app, Open Foris Mobile (Android/iOS), enables efficient, high-quality data gathering, especially in remote areas with limited connectivity. Data is securely stored in the cloud, facilitating collaboration.

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Extreme heat, marked by rising temperatures and intense heatwaves, increasingly stresses agrifood systems. This escalating pressure impacts crops, livestock, fisheries, forests, and the communities dependent on them.

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This video, part of the IPPC's African Phytosanitary Program (APP), offers step-by-step guidance for plant health specialists. It demonstrates how to survey high-risk invasive Bactrocera fruit fly pests using Jackson and multi-lure traps. Proper trapping is crucial for early detection, monitoring, and informed phytosanitary decisions by National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs), safeguarding agricultural production, international trade, and food security.

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The "Innovation for Agro-environmental Risk Reduction" project (2023-2026) focused on climate risk zoning (ZARC) and water management in Central America's Dry Corridor. Implemented by FAO, Brazil, and the Ministries of Agriculture of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, it received technical support from Embrapa and other regional institutions. The initiative successfully united over 20 organizations, strengthening technical capacities and governance for risk management.

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Asia and the Pacific feed billions and sustain the world’s largest community of smallholder farmers. As climate and market pressures intensify, innovation and investment are crucial for reshaping agrifood systems. The Asia Pacific Food Forum brings partners and investors together to translate priorities into action and deliver practical solutions for the region.

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The Codex Secretary offers vital guidance for dairy truck drivers on preventing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in milk. Learn about their role in ensuring milk safety and key farm practices to observe.

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Inspired by a picture book, Max Romey journeyed to a remote Alaskan beach for marine debris, discovering a more complex story. Five years prior, an ocean plastics cleanup on Kayak Island left him overwhelmed. While the issue remains intricate, sharing the "big picture" now helps him envision collaborative solutions.

Learn more through Max's videos: No Lost Shoe, Give A Beach A Bottle, and Trailbound Alaska.

In 2012, 14-year-old Laura Dekker embarked on a 518-day solo journey to circumnavigate the globe, aiming to become the youngest person to achieve this feat. Filmmaker Jillian Schlesinger documented her remarkable voyage, which is featured in the full-length documentary "Maidentrip."

Following the route her parents took two decades earlier through French Polynesia, Dekker successfully completed her journey. She currently holds the record as the youngest person to sail around the world by herself.

Plastic pollutants are pervasive, found from the deep sea to the Arctic ice pack. Researchers estimate that by 2050, oceans will contain more plastic—by weight—than fish. These degrading plastics leach toxic chemicals, posing a serious threat to marine life and humans.

Filmmaker Chris Hanson's short film highlights this issue, following 17 Hawaiian students as they study the impact of plastic pollution on their local beaches.

UNEP has partnered with syndicated cartoonist Jim Toomey for a video series addressing ocean litter.

Trash, even from upstream, travels hundreds of miles to remote oceans, causing billions in damage and threatening marine life and human health.

The "Two Minutes on Oceans with Jim Toomey" series uses animation and humor to simplify complex scientific issues for the public. View additional videos at: www.rona.unep.org/toomey

Teenager Madelaine Toomey's story, 'Plastics in Our Oceans,' was conceived.

It was formed during her sailing journey across the Atlantic Ocean.