Impact of climate change on biodiversity and food security: a global perspective—a review article

MG Muluneh - Agriculture & Food Security, 2021‏ - Springer
Climate change is happening due to natural factors and human activities. It expressively
alters biodiversity, agricultural production, and food security. Mainly, narrowly adapted and …

Reviewing the evidence on the roles of forests and tree-based systems in poverty dynamics

OH Razafindratsima, JFM Kamoto, EO Sills… - Forest Policy and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The alleviation of global poverty is a major objective of the 2030 UN Sustainable
Development Goals (notably SDG1 “to end poverty in all its forms everywhere”). Many rural …

The economic values of global forest ecosystem services: A meta-analysis

FA Taye, MV Folkersen, CM Fleming, A Buckwell… - Ecological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This study presents a meta-analysis of the economic values of global forest ecosystem
services. The meta-analysis is conducted based on data from primary studies published …

Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

B Powell, SH Thilsted, A Ickowitz, C Termote… - Food security, 2015‏ - Springer
This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and
diversified diets in develo** countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how …

The importance of islands for the protection of biological and linguistic diversity

BR Tershy, KW Shen, KM Newton, ND Holmes… - Bioscience, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Islands make up 5.3% of Earth's land area yet maintain an estimated 19% of bird
species, 17% of rodents, 17% of flowering plants, and 27% of human languages. Species …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary quality and tree cover in Africa

A Ickowitz, B Powell, MA Salim… - Global Environmental …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better
understanding of this relationship is vital at a time when the majority of new land for …

Forest contributions to livelihoods in changing agriculture-forest landscapes

LV Rasmussen, C Watkins, A Agrawal - Forest policy and economics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Forests support the livelihoods of a vast number of people through subsistence use of
products, such as food, fodder, and medicinal plants; cash income obtained from sale of …

[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity in South Africa: To what extent can social grants and consumption of wild foods eradicate hunger?

G Chakona, CM Shackleton - World Development Perspectives, 2019‏ - Elsevier
As the world continues to face widespread food insecurity, achieving food security for all at
all times is increasingly complicated. In South Africa, social grants and the use of wild foods …

Quantifying the economic contribution of wild food harvests to rural livelihoods: A global-comparative analysis

GM Hickey, M Pouliot, C Smith-Hall, S Wunder… - Food Policy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This paper empirically quantifies and analyses (i) the economic contribution of wild foods to
rural households,(ii) the household socio-economic, demographic, and geographical …

[HTML][HTML] Minimum dietary diversity scores for women indicate micronutrient adequacy and food insecurity status in South African towns

G Chakona, C Shackleton - Nutrients, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
The lack of dietary diversity is a severe problem experienced by most poor households
globally. In particular; women of reproductive age (WRA) are at high risk of inadequate …