This guidance was produced by the FAO Chief Scientist Office, under the overall guidance and supervision of Preetmoninder Lidder and Mona Chaya.
Preetmoninder Lidder (FAO), Selim Louafi (CIRAD), Kristina Raab (Global Fishing Watch), Eric Welch (Arizona State University).
The authors would like to express their deepest gratitude to several individuals whose expertise and insights have been invaluable to this work. Their contributions at various stages of developing the guidance have been instrumental in shaping the final outcome.
Simon Barquera (National Institute of Public Health, Mexico), Jerome Bossuet (independent consultant), Markus Dressel (University of Hamburg), Karen Fabbri (European Commission), Anna Kanshieva (FAO), Bastien Kolt (WHO), Kristian Krieger (EC-JRC), Tanja Kuchenmüller (WHO), Renato Maluf (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro), Erik Millstone (University of Sussex), Elizabeth Mkandawire (FSNet-Africa), Marcos Orellana (Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights), Anda Popovici (International Science Council), Jaron Porciello (CABI), Davi Mamblona Marques Romao (WHO), Kimberly Rambaud (GIZ), Francisco Rosado-May (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo), Tania Santivanez (FAO), Yasushi Sato (Niigata University, Japan), Margaret Spring (Monterey Bay Aquarium), Ruth Stewart (Future Evidence Foundation), Mishel Unar (National Institute of Public Health, Mexico), Corinna Zelger (GIZ).
Dubravka Bojic (FAO), Peter Bridgewater (Australian National University), Patrick Caron (University of Montpellier), Jennifer Clapp (University of Waterloo), Ellie Daguet (CIRAD), Jessica Duncan (Wageningen University), Marie Ferré (CIRAD), Andrea Hinwood (UNEP), Kripa Jagannathan (University of California, Berkeley), Florence Lasbennes (4SD), Markus Lipp (FAO), Devika Madalli (Indian Statistical Institute), Carolina Milhorance de Castro (CIRAD), Daniele Manzella (FAO), Anang Noegroho (Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia), Denis Pesche (CIRAD), Maryam Rahmanian (FAO), Esther Turnhout (University of Twente).
Gratitude is extended to all the individuals who offered valuable contributions and comments during the two open e-consultations.
Special thanks go to Jonathan Robinson (FAO) for copy-editing of the text, Ludovica Mei (FAO) for production coordination, Jonathan Wirths (FAO) and Zeynep Beyhan (FAO) for assistance with formatting and Laura Monopoli for the final layout of the publication. Alina Paul provided invaluable support with developing the infographics and graphic design, while Bruce RossLarson (Communications Development, Inc.) provided content-structuring support.
Financial support was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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