Forests and trees are a critical resource for human communities. However, conservation efforts to prevent biodiversity loss increasingly conflict with the rights and access of communities using forests for their livelihoods and crucially to meet their nutritional needs. Prof Terry Sunderland of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, has long pointed to the importance of forests in contributing to food security and dietary diversity. Ongoing work to bring stakeholders together is promoting a sustainable landscape approach to management which allows forests and trees to be productive and meet dietary and livelihood needs while also contributing to biodiversity and climate change goals.
A new article featuring Terry Sunderland discusses some of the key topics our lab explores: Forest conservation and food security; livelihoods; and integrated land management.
Read the full article here.