Protected Areas, People and Food Security

Protected Areas, People and Food Security

An FAO contribution to the World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12-19 November 2014

Year of publication 2014

Pages 23 p.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Satisfying humans’ basic need for food puts enormous pressure on the environment. One of the key challenges facing the world today is how to meet the need for sufficient, safe and nutritious food without exhausting the resources available. While undernourishment is down from 1 billion people in 1992 to 805 million today (a fall of more than 17 percent in slightly more than 20 years), about one in nine people still suffers from chronic hunger, and about 162 million children under the age of five are stunted due to chronic malnutrition. This is unacceptable. In the words of FAO’s Director-General, “when it comes to hunger, the only acceptable number is zero!” Protected areas have an important role to play in rising to this challenge. At a global level, millions of people depend on protected areas as a means of subsistence. In some cases they benefit directly, through the consumption of food produced or obtained in or around protected areas. In others, employment and income provide indire ct benefits which contribute to sustaining livelihoods.

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