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DocumentFAO journalNature and Faune, vol. 26., no. 2
L’interface Forêts-Agriculture: une zone de productivité accrue?
2012Also available in:
L’interface Forêt-Agriculture est définie comme une série d’interactions physiques et économiques des systèmes forestiers et agricoles produisant des résultats parfois controversés. Il est par conséquent difficile de déterminer comment optimiser ces interactions, en atténuer les effets négatifs et accentuer leurs effets positifs. Le present numéro du magazine Nature & Faune est consacré à l’interface ‘Forêt-Agriculture’, un thème incorporé dans la gestion des ressources naturelles et dans la sécurité alimentaire. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinFAO journalNature & Faune journal, Volume 32, Issue 1
Creating a forest landscape restoration movement in Africa: a call to heal planet Earth
2018Also available in:
This edition of Nature & Faune journal explores the science and innovations (technical, social and policy) that can support the achievement of the African dream of restoring 100 million hectares of its degraded land. Articles in this edition share experiences on challenges, opportunities and successful restoration, including farmer managed natural regeneration, improved management of smallholder woodlots, reforestation, evergreen agriculture with intercropped trees, and associated sustainable land management practices such as water harvesting and erosion control. Africa’s Great Green Wall is presented in this edition as a transformative model for rural communities’ sustainable development. In particular the lessons learned from the “Action Against Desertification” programme funded by the European Union and implemented by FAO with partner countries and organizations, are discussed, paving a way towards the implementation of African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative. Initiatives to address land degradation and desertification trends in Africa, promote sustainable land management, and restoration of degraded forests and landscapes include Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative, and 2016’s African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative – AFR100. Most of the articles dwelt on how efforts to this end are being pursued. -
DocumentFAO journalNature et Faune, vol.23, no.1 2008
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Les activités humaines dans les forêts tropicales sont des processus disruptifs et peuvent enclencher divers mécanismes ou effets, non entièrement maîtrisés, lesquels peuvent par la suite altérer, de manière plus ou moins significative, les fonctions, structure et composition de l’écosystème. La régénération végétale (perte des pollinisateurs, des disséminateurs de graines et des prédateurs de semences), le réseau trophique (perte de prédateurs principaux ou de leurs proies), et la diversité vég étale (changement des comportements herbivores, augmentation des animaux nuisibles) font partie des divers processus qui dépendent de la présence de la faune sauvage. Certaines des espèces ou des groupes fonctionnels sont plus importants que d’autres dans la maintenance des processus et de l’intégrité de l’écosystème. «Les espèces clés », les « ingénieurs de l’écosystème » ou les organismes dotés de « valeurs d’importance communautaire » font référence aux espèces dont la perte a un impact dispr oportionné sur l’écosystème par rapport à la perte d’autres espèces. La sagesse conventionnelle prédit que la réduction ou l’extirpation de ces animaux pourrait occasionner des changements dramatiques pour ces écosystèmes. Plusieurs exemples illustrent l’importance de ces espèces clés dans la gestion de la forêt. L’extirpation des gros félins a déclenché la croissance incontrôlée de la population des proies, ce qui a dramatiquement augmenté l’intensité du broutage ou du pâturage au point d ’empêcher complètement la régénération de la forêt. En dépit du fait que l’objectif principal de cette édition spéciale est d’intégrer fermement la gestion de la faune sauvage dans la gestion forestière en Afrique. Cette édition passe en revue les actualités de la gestion de la faune sauvage et des aires protégées en Afrique et leurs liens avec la gestion forestière ; ainsi qu’une évaluation de l’étendue de la participation des populations rurales dans les efforts de conservation.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Policy briefPolicy briefOutcomes and lessons learned from the Koronivia UNFCCC negotiations on agriculture and food security, and the way forward after COP 27
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2023Also available in:
No results found.The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) was established at COP23 to address six topics in the agricultural sector's role in climate change. KJWA has contributed to sharing scientific and technical knowledge, but limitations remain in translating outcomes into concrete climate actions. The new four-year joint work on the implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security, which prioritizes ending hunger and considers national circumstances, includes the creation of an online portal for sharing information. The four-year agenda is shaped and broadened through the submission of views by parties, observers, and civil society and will be considered by SBSTA and SBI in June 2023.