24 January 2012
FAO Forestry Launches iPhone App
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has released a Forestry app for the iPhone, providing news, videos, select publications and interactive maps showing forest statistics.

It also directs users to the FAO's Telefood fundraising programme, to support food security through financing small-scale agriculture, livestock and fisheries projects.

FAOJanuary 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has launched a multimedia application for the iPhone. The app provides news, videos, select publications, interactive maps showing world forest statistics, and a quiz. It also directs users to the website of FAO’s Telefood fundraising programme, which uses public contributions to help poor families achieve food security through financing small-scale agriculture, livestock and fisheries projects. The FAO Forestry App is available from the Apple App store and is free. [FAO Media Release]

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