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MeetingThe High Level Panel of Experts On Food Security and Nutrition Report on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition. Twenty-seventh Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
Colombo Sri Lanka, 23-27 October 2017
2017Also available in:
No results found.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 FSN2 in its four dimensions and how they can be optimized, at different spatial and temporal scales, in a context of increasing and competing dem ands 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 throug h 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. -
DocumentSustainable forestry for food security and nutrition. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security. June 2017 2017In 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 dem ands 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 throu gh 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.
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ArticleIndicators to assess the contributions of forests, trees, and agroforestry to food security and nutrition at national level
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest, trees and agroforestry provide multiple contributions to Food Security and Nutrition (FSN), as shown by the GFEP report (2015) and the High-Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition report (HLPE 2017). However, there is currently no quantitative indicator to assess these contributions at national level. Here we propose options to fill this gap using four main themes to describe the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry to food security and nutrition: • direct provision of food and feed; • provision of wood energy used for cooking food and boiling of water in developing countries which is critical for assimilation of nutrients and reduction of risks of diarrhea; • formal and informal employment, sources of income through sales of wood and non-wood orest products (NWFP) from forests, trees and agroforestry; • provision of ecosystem services that sustain food production through water and climate regulation; soil formation and protection, nutrient cycling, pest control and pollination. Some of these contributions, while well-known and described at local levels, like the contribution to livelihoods and to diets, are not included in national statistics. For others, particularly the contribution of ecosystem services to agricultural production, there are multiple dimensions which are difficult to measure even at a local scale. We will propose a set of indicators to track all of these contributions, using existing data that are available for all countries, such as fruit and nut consumption, woodfuel consumption, employment in forestry, and broader contribution of forests and trees to farming households through products, income and other benefits (e.g. ecosystem services, cultural value). We also suggest some ideas for how better more targeted data could be collected in the future. These proposals were discussed during the Expert Workshop in October 2019 in support of the CPF Joint Initiative on streamlining forest related reporting. Keywords: Food systems, Knowledge Management, Monitoring and data collection ID: 3485311
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