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Background: Agriculture is the single largest geo-engineering initiative that humans have initiated on planet Earth, largely through the introduction of unprecedented amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) into ecosystems. A major portion of this reactive N applied as fertilizer leaks into the environm...


Subbaraoa, Guntur V.Sahrawat, Kanwar LalNakahara, K.Rao, Idupulapati M.Ishitani, ManabuHash, C.T.Kishi, M.Bonnett, D.Berry, W.Lata, Jean-Christophe[A paradigm shift towards low-nitrifying systems: The role of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)]A paradigm shift towards low-nitrifying systems: The role of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)

The impacts of increasing natural climate disasters are threatening food security in the Asia-Pacific region. Rice is Asia’s most important staple food. Climate variability and change directly impact rice production, through changes in rainfall, temperature and CO2 concentrations. The key for sus...


Heath LSalinger MJFalkland THansen, JamesJiang KKameyama YKishi, M.Meinke HMorton KNikitina, E.Shukla PRWhite I[Climate and Security in Asia and the Pacific (Food, Water and Energy)]Climate and Security in Asia and the Pacific (Food, Water and Energy)

This paper deals with "Indigenous peoples' health in changing rainforests". It describes the study carried out jointly by CIFOR and IRD on the nutritional ecology of the Punan Tubu in Eastern Kalimantan. It compares the contrasted situations between the Punan who still leave remotedly in the fore...


Dounias, E.Kishi, M.Selzner, A.Kurniawan, I.Levang, P.[No longer nomadic: changing Punan Tubu lifestyle requires new health strategies]No longer nomadic: changing Punan Tubu lifestyle requires new health strategies

This study has two central concerns: the state of human health in forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. Within this framework, we consider four issues related to tropical forests and human health. First, we discuss forest foods, emphasizing the forest as a food-producing...


Colfer, C.J.P.Sheil, DouglasKishi, M.[Forests and human health: assessing the evidence]Forests and human health: assessing the evidence
Dounias, E.Selzner, A.Kishi, M.Kurniawan, I.Siregar, R.[Back to the trees? Diet and health as indicators of adaptive responses to environmental change: the case of the Punan Tubu in the Malinau research forest]Back to the trees? Diet and health as indicators of adaptive responses to environmental change: the case of the Punan Tubu in the Malinau research forest

This paper contains an overview of the state of human health in and around forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. It identifies four central links between forests and human health, focusing on two central questions: 1. What are the human health conditions in and around fo...


Colfer, C.J.P.Sheil, DouglasKaimowitz, D.Kishi, M.[Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections]Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections

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