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ProjectFactsheetCombating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing at Global Level - GCP/GLO/1042/EC 2024
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No results found.Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines national and regional efforts to conserve and manage fish stocks, and inhibits progress towards achieving the goals of long-term sustainability. Following the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982, several provisions and requirements to address IUU fishing were agreed within the international framework of instruments for fisheries management. More recently, international instruments and guidelines have been adopted that specifically address IUU fishing, including the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, commonly referred to as the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The aim of the project was to strengthen capacity for the implementation of the PSMA and complementary instruments and tools. In particular, the project sought to address aspects related to information exchange and stakeholder coordination in support of the implementation of the PSMA and in combating IUU fishing. -
ProjectFactsheetEnhancing Countries’ Capacities to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing - GCP/INT/313/SWE 2024Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines national and regional efforts to conserve and manage fish stocks, and, as a consequence, inhibits progress towards achieving the goals of long-term sustainability. Developing States’ capacities to tackle IUU fishing through port state measures (PSMs) and complementary instruments and mechanisms are varied. Some are more advanced and already have established a series of measures to combat IUU fishing, and require only limited assistance to effectively fulfil their international obligations. Many have in place basic fisheries legislation based on objectives of conservation, protection and sustainability of the fisheries resources, but lack enabling policies, laws and regulations to effectively prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing. Against this background, the project aimed to improve the capacity of States for the effective implementation of PSMs and complementary monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) operations, measures and tools to combat IUU fishing.
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ProjectFactsheetCombatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing through the Global Record Programme - GCP/GLO/595/MUL 2023
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Addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is crucial as it undermines efforts at national, regional and global levels for effective fisheries management to achieve sustainable fisheries. Over the years, an international framework has been developed to strengthen fisheries management since the adoption of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982. This framework is comprised of both binding agreements and voluntary instruments, and a number of provisions and requirements to specifically address IUU fishing. Within this framework, States, along with Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), need to collaborate to fulfil their international commitments, for which the availability and exchange of information is key. The Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record) Programmewas developed to promote data and information exchange standards and mechanisms in fisheries through an Information System, which was developed and launched under this project.
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ProjectProgramme / project reportEnabling participation in the fishery statistics and information system in the Mediterranean (TCP/INT/2904)
The present status of fishery and information system in Lebanon
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No results found.The document contains an assessment study on the status of the fishery and information system in Lebanon before the implementation of the MedFisis project. The document indicates that Lebanon lacked at the time of writing most of the physical requisites and competent human resources to establish and manage sustainably/autonomously a fisheries statistical system that is harmonized with regional and international standards. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021.