The Report - Embargoed Release
PRESS RELEASE/REPORT/POLICY BRIEF – UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015, 00:01 EDT
New Report: Forests could be the trump card in efforts to end global hunger
One billion people worldwide depend on forests and trees for balanced diets and sustainable incomes
New York/Vienna (6 May 2015) – About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The world’s forests have great potential to improve their nutrition and ensure their livelihoods. In fact, forests and forestry are essential to achieve food security as the limits of boosting agricultural production are becoming increasingly clear.
1. PRESS RELEASE
- [Full Text - PDF - 221 KB]
- [Introduction French - PDF - 143 KB] [Introduction Spanish - PDF - 144 KB] [Introduction German - PDF - 145 KB]
2. FULL REPORT
Full Report Editors: Bhaskar Vira, Christoph Wildburger, Stephanie Mansourian For hard copies of the global assessment report, please write to office(at)iufro.org.
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Policy Brief Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition - Contributing to the "Zero Hunger Challenge"
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3. PHOTOS
Forest and agriculture mosaic landscape, Cat Ba, Vietnam
Photo © Terry Sunderland
Cocoa fruits, Costa Rica
Photo © Michael Kleine
Women selling mangoes in a roadside market in Guinea
Photo © Terry Sunderland
Cashew nuts, Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil
Photo © P.J. Stephenson
Cocoa grown in the forest, Cameroon
Photo © Terry Sunderland
Nutritious food in the Amazon
Photo © Nathalie van Vliet
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the only world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus on forests and trees.
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) established the Expert Panel on “Forests and Food Security” with the aim to provide a comprehensive global assessment of scientific information on the relationship of forests and trees on the one hand, and food security and nutrition on the other, and to prepare a report to inform relevant policy decision-makers.
For more information, please contact:
Gerda Wolfrum at +43 1 877015117 or wolfrum(at)iufro.org