nutrition
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GLF Bonn: Food systems in focus at a time of crisis
Efforts to combat global hunger and malnutrition are increasing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The recently published Global Report on Food…
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What happens when freshwater fish hook up with forests?
Sound land-use policies to conserve freshwater habitats in tropical forests can help maintain fish biodiversity, reduce the risk of food…
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Lifting the barriers to improve women and child health in Indonesia’s Komodo
Small-scale coastal fishing in Indonesia can benefit women nutritionally and economically, but in some areas, despite plentiful fish stocks, undernutrition…
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
Conservationists have greeted China’s recent clampdown on wild animal hunting and consumption with enthusiasm. The government made the move based…
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Revolutionize food production system or face mass deforestation, scientists warn
Unless land management strategies are overhauled to reduce the gap between forestry and agriculture, it will be impossible to feed…
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More forest patches, healthier diets
Poor diets have become a major global health concern, as people with overweight or micronutrient deficiencies have come to outnumber…
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Award recognizes CIFOR’s Terry Sunderland for landmark research defining forest-food nexus
A top international scientist who has advanced the application of the landscapes approach to conservation and development research while introducing…
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So long, and thanks for all the fish!
In the name of feeding the world, vast swathes of our planet’s forests have been sacrificed to increase the amount…
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Cameroon forest superfood scores best for women’s health
When Caleb Yengo Tata travelled to the remote Takamanda rainforest region in southwest Cameroon on a research trip with the…
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a growing human population to feed,…
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Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
(Forests News) – When Rosalina Heni is not working in the rice paddy fields in Ribang Kadeng village in the…
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Forests: The greenest pastures?
How can you keep farms productive for generations while reducing the impact on the environment? In sub-Saharan Africa, the answer…
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What do forests have to do with food?
What can you cook from parkia seeds and baobab leaves? How about temple plant leaves and shea butter? New research…
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Forests vital for global food security
Worldwide, global hunger is on the rise, with 815 million people going hungry every day, according to a recent UN…
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Wild nourishment
Not even Jennifer’s children know where she hides her chikanda. The small, brownish orchid tubers are highly valued as a…
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