This collaborative presentation by IUFRO was given at a session titled "New findings on the dynamics between forests, land use and food security" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 7, 2014. The session discussed direct and indirect roles of forests and trees in food systems, the importance of food production systems across the forest-agriculture continuum for food security, dietary diversity and nutrition, and the ensuing implications for land use. The social, economic and environmental synergies and trade-offs between forests and food security and related management interventions, as well as relevant response options will also be discussed. The debate also touched upon questions of sustainable land use under a post-Kyoto climate agreement.

1. GLOBAL LANDSCAPE FORUM 2014
New findings on the dynamics
between forests, land use and
food security
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2. SPEAKERS & RESPONDENTS
• Christoph Wildburger, IUFRO, Coordinator
Global Forest Expert Panels
• Terry Sunderland, Principal Scientist, CIFOR
• Henry Neufeldt, Climate Change Unit, ICRAF
• Natalia Cisneros, Vice-President, IFSA
• Susan Braatz, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
• Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur
on the rights of indigenous people
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3. GLOBAL LANDSCAPE FORUM 2014
New findings on the dynamics between forests,
land use and food security
Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests
and Food Security
Scope & Emerging Outcomes
Christoph Wildburger, GFEP Coordinator
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4. Scientific Information
International Policy Processes
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Global
Forest
Expert
Panels
UNFCCC, UN-SDGs
Science - Policy
Interface
UNFF, CBD
Independent
Interdisciplinary
Peer-reviewed
Scientific
Assessments

5. GLOBAL FOREST EXPERT PANELS
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6. GFEP Forests and Food Security
Food security and nutrition
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Forests and
tree based
systems 25 leading experts
various scientific
disciplines
Regional &
cultural diversity
gender balance

7. Drivers
Global
National
Landscape
Forest – Food System
•direct/indirect roles
•management factors
Responses

8. EMERGING FINDINGS
 Increasing scientific evidence of importance of
forests and tree based systems for dietary diversity
and quality
 Income from non-timber forest products and
agroforestry tree products provide significant
benefits for national economies as well as
livelihoods, notably for vulnerable smallholders in
tropical regions
 Fodder and fuel make essential contributions to
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food security and nutrition
 Multitude of ecosystem services simultaneously
support food production, sustainability and health
 Lack of scientific information, knowledge of
stakeholders and awareness of decision-makers

10. GLOBAL FOREST EXPERT PANELS
www.iufro.org/science/gfep
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