

Organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and the Environmental Change Institute – University of Oxford, the discussion “Enhancing food system resilience” took place in Bogor, Indonesia, on Feb. 12, 2019. Comprising a keynote on enhancing food system resilience from John Ingram, presentations on the importance of forests, trees and agroforestry for food security and nutrition through a food systems approach from Terry Sunderland, Stepha McMullin and Amy Ickowitz, moderation by Vincent Gitz and a closing statement from Ramni Jamnadass, the event looked at the roles of forests, trees and agroforestry in food systems, as well as perspectives for research.
John Ingram will be the keynote speaker in an upcoming webinar, Enhancing food system resilience: What roles can forests, trees and agroforestry play? What are the research perspectives?, hosted by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and the Environmental Change Institute – University of Oxford (ECI) on Feb. 12, 2019, at 9am UTC. Read the full agenda and register to attend on the event webpage.
“It was faster to cook using charcoal… you can’t cook some foods like beans with a kerosene stove,” says Jalmonique Ogalo, a Nairobi resident, who now uses kerosene to cook. Mohamed Mahmud reports.
Wild meat includes over 500 wild vertebrate species traded and consumed throughout Oceania, South America, South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In remote rural communities, it is an important source of protein, but increases in urban population and trade between rural and urban areas, where it is considered a luxury food, are pushing some wild meat species populations to the point of extinction.
A new book by CIFOR and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),”Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector” gathers all available literature on sustainable wild meat management strategies and includes best-practice recommendations for designing and implementing solutions.
CIFOR Senior Associate and Manchester Metropolitan University Professor John Fa talks about the new publication.
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CIFOR’s book Transforming REDD+: Lessons and new directions was presented at COP24, Katowice, Poland, addressing the challenges and future opportunities on REDD+ after a decade of implementation.