Story | 16 Sep, 2008

arborvitae Issue 37

Agriculture and Productivity – conservation imperatives

Food and fuel: Prices matter more than ever – and the stakes are very high.
When you ship 1kg of beef around the world, you’re actually shipping about 16,000 litres of water.
Feature: Global demand for land to produce food, fuel and fibre will likely lead to a large-scale land grab.
Forest foods: A complex problem needs complex solutions.
Production and conservation: Temporary solutions in dynamic landscapes.

arborvitae 37 - Sept 2008 (en)

Photo: IUCN

arborvitae 37 - Sept 2008 (fr)

Photo: IUCN

arborvitae 37 - Sept 2008 (en)

arborvitae 37 - Sept 2008 (fr)

2 Editorial
3 Livelihoods and landscapes
4-6 Food and fuel: driving the future of forests? The high stakes of high food prices. Biofuel – a waste of space? What’s in store? The future of agriculture and its impacts on forests
7 Farmers in forests: The ‘hidden’ farmers in Thailand’s forests
8-9 Feature: Convergence of food, fuel and fibre markets: driving change in the world’s forests
10-11 Forest foods: Forests and food security. Bushmeat: another looming food crisis?
12-15 Production and conservation: Biodiverse farming systems: the key to reconciling agriculture and conservation. Drylands – neither basket case nor bread basket. SENSOR: forecasting the sustainability impacts of European land-use policies. Accepting change: conserving biodiversity in productive landscapes
16 Publications news

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arborvitae Newsletter Issue 37