Forests, food security and sustainable livelihoods

Unasylva issue looking at different perpectives on issues of physical and economic access to food for forest dependent peoples. Articles are structured as a series of case studies from around the world to analyse the linkages between food security and problems such as degradation and deforestation. Further articles explore the effectiveness of various solutions based on community forestry approaches.

Articles include:

• Forestry and sustainable livelihoods
  K. Warner
• Forests and food security in Africa: the place of forestry in FAO's Special Programme for Food Security
  E.H. Sène
• Integration of food security and nutrition in forestry planning: the role of participatory approaches
  F. Egal, A. Ngom and P.D. Ndione
• Forest degradation and food security
  L. Lipper
• Coca, deforestation and food security in the Colombian Amazon region
  D. González Posso
• Impact of community forestry policy on rural livelihoods and food security in Nepal
  Y.B. Malla
• Role of wildlife and other non-wood forest products in food security in central Siberia
  D.V. Vladyshevskiy, A.P. Laletin and A.D. Vladyshevskiy
• Community forestry initiatives for the creation of sustainable rural livelihoods: a case from North America
  C. Danks