Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition, June 2017

In October 2014, at its 41st session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to prepare a study on sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition (FSN) to inform the debates at the 44th CFS Plenary Session of October 2017. The key issue here is the multiple contributions of forests and trees to FSN1 in its four dimensions and how they can be optimized, at different spatial and temporal scales, in a context of increasing and competing demands on land, forests and trees (including for wood, food, energy and ecosystem services), as well as of climate change. This report is an evidence-based, comprehensive analysis of the diverse, direct and indirect, contributions of forests and trees to FSN. Chapter 1 examines the linkages between forests and FSN and proposes, for the purpose of this report, a conceptual framework and a forest typology grounded on management criteria. Chapter 2 provides an in-depth analysis of the channels through which forests and trees contribute to FSN. Chapter 3 reviews the state of the world’s forests and identifies challenges and opportunities for forestry in relation to FSN. Chapter 4 is solution-oriented and discusses how to optimize the contributions of forests and trees to FSN in a sustainable manner.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	185609 FAO, Rome (Italy). Agriculture and Consumer Protection Dept. eng, 185610 FAO, Rome (Italy). Committee on World Food Security eng
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Rome (Italy) FAO, CFS 2017
Subjects:	sustainable forest management, forestry, food security, ecosystem services,
Online Access:	http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7395e.pdf
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