Forests key to food security, environment

Forests key to food security, environment

The theme of World Forestry Day 2025 is "Forests and Food," highlighting the critical role of forests in food systems. The aim is to highlight the importance of forests in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. Forests provide an enabling environment for the supply of essential ingredients such as pure air, clean water, and fertile land, all of which enhance food production. In the atmosphere, forests stabilise the concentration of gases thr…

Woody plant encroachment in forest-grassland mosaics: How do woody plant functional traits change above and below-ground?

Raissa Jardim, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, describes her article: Unveiling above- and below-ground ecological strategies that underlie woody plant encroachment in grasslands, in both English and Portuguese. Woody plant encroachment in forest-grassland mosaics Forests and grasslands aren’t always neatly separated ecosystems. In many places they coexist side by side, creating beautiful but complex mosaics…

FAO: Genetic diversity of plants and forests at risk - Agriland.co.uk

A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the genetic diversity of plants and forests is at risk. The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and the Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources, were published in recent days. FAO said the reports reveal concerning trends in global plant and forest diversity. As the wo…

The Olot Festival of Living Arts and Landscape celebrates its seventeenth edition from April 24 to 30, with a program focused on sustainability and environmental awareness. Advertising El Sismògraf, the festival that detects the movement of the body and the planet, presented its seventeenth edition today at a press conference. The event, which will take place from April 24 to 30, continues its line of work around living arts and landscape, with …

Genetic diversity of forests and trees increasingly at risk, UN warns

The genetic diversity of trees is being damaged globally. More data is needed to understand the threat and find solutions, the UN says.The genetic diversity of trees is under threat due to climate change, pests and diseasesDeforestation, forest degradation, climate change, fires, pests, diseases, and invasive species are threatening many trees and other woody plant species and eroding their genetic diversity, according to a new report.There are …