As the deadly new coronavirus out of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in China, continues to spread and take more victims, experts are scrambling to find its source. The virus broke out of a wet market by jumping from an animal host to people. We may even know what […]

Source: World Food Programme, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen Protracted crises in the Middle East and North Africa have put 15 million children out of school, a number that is expected to increase by a further five million by 2030. CAIRO/BEIRUT – […]

Malaysia has had enough. Of the planet’s plastic waste, that is. The country has started sending back shipments of plastic refuse that rich nations seek to offload by shipping it to poorer nations such as those in Southeast Asia. In a few months Malaysia has returned 150 containers of plastic […]

Rome, Tsukuba, Japan – FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will expand the capacity of FAO’s accessible platforms for forestry and land-use assessments. A three-year agreement signed today will enhance the access […]