12/08/2019
How using land better is a vital part of surviving the climate crisis
Smoke rises during forest and plantation fires in Tanjung Taruna, Sub-district Jabiren Raya, District Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Indonesia’s government has declared a state emergency in six provinces at Sumatra and Kalimantan island as the forest fires in Indonesia get bigger. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace
8 August 2019 (Greenpeace International)* — If we want to keep both our bodies and our planet healthy, we need to make big changes to the way we look after the land.
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12/08/2019
10 August 2019 (FAO)* — There are currently 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24 in the world, the largest young population ever.
Students drawing during a JFFLS session in Samba, Central African Republic. | Photo from FAO.
On the occasion of International Youth Day (12 August), have a look at FAO’s selection of publications relating to youth and their role as agents of change.
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12/08/2019
12 August 2019 (United Nations)* —
There are currently 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in the world. This is the largest youth population ever.
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Students of School#88 in Dushanbe rehabilitated and equipped under Education Reform Project. Tajikistan. Photo: © Gennadiy Ratushenko/World Bank
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12/08/2019
Schools are “not equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate the technological revolution”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, in a message released to mark the UN’s International Youth Day [12 August 2019].
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Sarah Farhat/World Bank | Students in Primary Seven at Zanaki Primary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during an English language class.
Transforming Education is the theme for this year, which comes at a time when the world is facing a “learning crisis”, says Mr Guterres, and students need not only to learn, “but to learn how to learn”.
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12/08/2019
Indigenous peoples in the Philippines are increasingly involved in the national conversation about protecting and conserving the South East Asian country’s key biodiversity areas, thanks to support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
UNDP Philippines/Orange Omengan | An Egongot indigenous man balances on a yantok vine as he crosses from one tree to another in Dipaculao, Aurora, in the Philippines. (23 March 2019)
It is estimated that some 85 per cent of these areas are home to indigenous communities, who live in direct contact with nature and who have the traditional knowledge and skills to protect the environment.
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