With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all people have access to adequate and nutritious food produced in an environmentally and socio-culturally sustainable...
Vinceti, B.
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Ickowitz, A.
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Powell, B.
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Kehlenbeck, K.
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Termote, C.
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Cogill, B.
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Hunter, D.
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[The contribution of forest foods to sustainable diets: Background paper for the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, FAO, Rome, 13-15 May 2013]
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The contribution of forest foods to sustainable diets: Background paper for the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, FAO, Rome, 13-15 May 2013
Forests and trees play a key role in many food systems. Directly, they provide people with nutritious foods, and indirectly they provide ecosystem services and income. Food from trees and forests will be increasingly important in the face of challenges from population growth and climate change. B...
This set of training materials enables teachers and trainers to cover forest genetic resources issues in their courses and increase understanding of how to manage diverse and complex forest and other tree based ecosystems sustainably. The training guide covers practical issues that practitioners ...
Boshier, D.
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Bozzano, M.
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Loo, J.
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Rudebjer, P.G.
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Bioversity International
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[Training guide on forest genetic resources]
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Training guide on forest genetic resources
Liu, D.
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Keiblinger, K.M.
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Leitner, Sonja
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Wegner, U.
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Zimmermann, M.
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Fuchs, S.
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Lassek, C.
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Riedel, K.
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Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S.
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[Response of microbial communities and their metabolic functions to drying–Rewetting stress in a temperate forest soil]
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Response of microbial communities and their metabolic functions to drying–Rewetting stress in a temperate forest soil
Donn, P.
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Ngondi, J.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Tchatat, M.
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Iponga, D.
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[Contribution des aliments forestiers a la securite alimentaire dans le Bassin du Congo]
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Contribution des aliments forestiers a la securite alimentaire dans le Bassin du Congo
Muvatsi, P.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Kahindo, J.M.
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Snook, L.
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[Chenilles ou bois d'oeuvre? Quelle utilisation privilegier pour le Tali et le Sapelli dans les forets de la Republique Democratique du Congo?]
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Chenilles ou bois d'oeuvre? Quelle utilisation privilegier pour le Tali et le Sapelli dans les forets de la Republique Democratique du Congo?
The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging o...
Meyfroidt P
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Minang, Peter A.
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Dewi, S.
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Lambin EF
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[Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?]
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Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[International Day of Forest 2019 - Reforestation]
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International Day of Forest 2019 - Reforestation
This infobrief provides key points that in exploring the link from forests to poverty alleviation, two key questions arise: What role can forests and forestry play in the efforts to reduce poverty in developing countries? And to what extent do forests help prevent extreme hardship, even when they...