Welcome to the first issue of the Natural Resources and Environment Newsletter. Each month, we will be bringing you information about important issues and events, new publications and projects, and interviews with experts on various issues related to bioenergy, climate change, genetic resources and biodiversity, land resources, land tenure and water resources

Dans ce numéro, nous examinerons les projets en cours dans le cadre du lancement d’un nouveau partenariat mondial sur les sols, une initiative ambitieuse pour soutenir les efforts entrepris au niveau mondial sur les problèmes communs de gestion des sols. Nous examinerons également un projet régional centré sur l’assistance apportée à quatre pays andins – la Bolivie, la Colombie, le Pérou et l’Equateur – sur les questions d’adaptation au changement climatique et de gestion des risques de catastrophes dans le secteur agricole.

This information note covers a twenty year history of the collection and analysis of water-related data and its dissemina - tion as an international public good, freely available to all. The main country database on water resources and their use—itself a major challenge to present in uniform terms—provides the platform for organizing and presenting over 180 variables and indicators that can be searched and extracted for all countries and for dierent regions over an extensive time period.

Meeting symbol/code: FAO-RNE--ALAWUC/NE/00/REP
Session: Sess. 1

Part of a series of factsheets describing the divisional work

In this issue, we look at a new publication entitled â¿¿Payments for ecosystem services and food securityâ¿¿. This document was produced as part of preparatory process for FAOâ¿¿s participation in the Rio+20 event to be held in 2012. We also look ahead to World Water Week to be held 21-27 August in Stockholm, Sweden, where FAO will participate in a seminar anticipating the theme of 2012â¿¿s World Water Day â¿¿ Water and Food Security.

In this issue, we discuss the Global Bioenergy Partnership and the important work it is undertaking - in collaboration with governments and international organizations - to establish sustainability indicators for bioenergy projects. We also report on the Food for the Cities Initiative, an integrative approach to coordinating FAO's activities in urban and peri-urban areas and sharing best practices with other international and civil society organizations. Finally, we introduce the new water report: Climate change, water and food security.

L’intensification durable nécessite des systèmes d’irrigation plus efficaces et précis, ainsi que des systèmes d’exploitation agricole utilisant une approche écosystémique pour préserver les ressources en eau.

Uno de los primeros productos que desarrolló AQUASTAT, en sus inicios en 1994, fue la metodología para la evaluación de recursos hídricos. Aunque ha sido muy útil, durante los 20 años que AQUASTAT ha usado esta metodología han aparecido algunos fallos y en ocasiones ha resultado ser demasiado complicada. Cada vez era más evidente que había que poner solución a algunos de los principales problemas. En consecuencia, en marzo de 2015 se implementaron algunos cambios en AQUASTAT que se resumen en este artículo. .