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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFAO Strategy for Partnerships with Civil Society Organizations 2013FAO has been working for many years with hundreds of civil society organizations (NGOs, community-based organizations, professional associations, networks, etc.) in technical work, emergency field operations, training and capacity building, and advocacy of best agricultural practices. Over the past years, civil society organizations (CSOs) have evolved in terms of coordination, structure, outreach, mobilization and advocacy capacity. In this period, FAO has also undergone changes i n management, revised its Strategic Framework and given a new impetus to decentralization. Therefore, a review of the existing 1999 FAO Policy and Strategy for Cooperation with Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations was needed. The FAO Strategy for Partnerships with Civil Society considers civil society as those non-state actors that work in the areas related to FAO’s mandate. It does not address partnerships with academia, research institutions or philanthropic found ations, as they will be treated in other FAO documents. Food producers’ organizations, given their specific nature and relevance in relation to FAO’s mandate, will be considered separately. In principle, as they usually are for-profit, they will fall under the FAO Strategy for Partnerships with the Private Sector, unless these organizations state otherwise and comply with the criteria for CSOs. These cases will be addressed individually. The Strategy identifies six areas of colla boration and two levels of interaction with different rationales and modus operandi: global-headquarters and decentralized (regional, national, local). The main focus of this Strategy is in working with civil society at th e decentralized level. In its Reviewed Strategic Framework, FAO has defined five Strategic Objectives to eradicate poverty and food insecurity. To achieve this, the Organization is seeking to expand its collaboration with CSOs committed to these objectives.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookПОЧВА Эрозия цивилизаций
[ English title is Dirt: Erosion of Civilizations]
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No results found.Почвы являются неисчерпаемым природным ресурсом, играющим значительную роль в мировом производстве продовольствия. Кроме того важность почв также представлена в углеродном цикле, хранении и фильтрации вод, повышении устойчивости к наводнениям и засухам. Однако воздействие человека на почвы в последнее время достигает критических масштабов, и они перестают выполнять свои важные функции. На сегодняшний день примерно 33% глобальных почвенных ресурсов деградировано вследствие эрозии, уплотнения и за соления, вымывания органических и питательных веществ, подкисления, загрязнения и других процессов, связанных с нестабильной практикой управления земельными ресурсами. То, как мы обращаемся с землей, как мы относимся к почве – вот вопросы, от которых зависит здоровье и само выживание современной цивилизации. Книга Дэвида Монтгомери, чьи взгляды полностью совпадают с концепцией ФAO «Сохранить и приумножить», являющейся руководством для политиков и направленной на увеличение производства продукции на основе эффективного использования имеющихся ресурсов и бережного отношения к природе, явилась итогом нескольких десятилетий наблюдений и представляет собой экскурс в историю почв со времен древнейших цивилизаций до наших дней. This book by David Montgomery, whose views coincide with the concept of FAO "Save and Grow" is a guide for policy makers and is aimed at increasing product production based on the efficient use of resources and respect for nature. It was the result of several decades o f observations and a investigation into the history of soil from the time of ancient civilizations to the present day.