Food Systems and Natural Resources / UNEP.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United Nations Environment Programme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For thousands of years, nature has gracefully provided the necessary inputs to feed us, and we have in many occasions taken these precious gifts for granted. This report, "Food Systems and Natural Resources" is an effort to account for these inputs, looking at how we are using and managing them, the consequences of that management and the options to improve the efficiency with which they are managed.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

About the international resource panel

Preface

Foreword

Executive summary

Introduction

A food systems approach to natural resource use

Food system types, governance dynamics and their implications for resource use

Socio-economic drivers impacting on food demand, production and food system outcomes

Natural resources and environmental impacts of food systems

Understanding food systems in context: Actors, behaviors and institutions

Options towards environmentally-sustainable food systems

Opportunities for a transition towards sustainable food systems

References

Resource specific options for a more sustainable and efficient use of natural resources in food systems

Glossary.

ISBN:

9789210601627

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.