Im Sonderbericht über Klimawandel und Landsysteme hat der Weltklimarat Anfang August darauf hingewiesen, dass ohne einen Kurswechsel zu nachhaltigen Ernährungssystemen die Pariser Klimaziele nicht mehr erreicht werden können. Mit ihrer Vision "Agrarökologie gegen den Klimawandel" setzt sich Biovision bereits seit längerem dafür ein, dass biologische Landwirtschaft als Methode zur Reduktion von Ursachen des...

This Special Issue of Sustainability aims at compiling original theoretical, methodological, and empirical research exploring how agroecology approaches can promote the transition towards sustainability, particularly of agri-food social-ecological systems, taking into account the complex relationships established between ecological functions and ecosystem services, human wellbeing, innovative socio-technical innovations, and governance models...

Bees, butterflies and flies play an essential role in pollinating plants. Without them, humans would have a hard time finding food. Some 75 percent of our most-cultivated crops depend on insect pollination. 87% of all flowering plants need pollinators, we would lose them and their ecosystem services in case of...

This paper reviews the processes for bilateral equivalence arrangements concluded in the past several years between Canada and the United States, Canada and the European Union, and the European Union and United States. These arrangements suggest a trend from unilateral equivalence declarations of an importing country toward an exporting country,...

This Guide has been developed to assist in the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the VGGT) with regard to fisheries in marine and inland waters. It explains the characteristics of the fisheries...

This publication intends to raise awareness of the importance of mountain family farming in sustainable development worldwide and encourage investment in this sector. To mark the International Year of Family Farming 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the Austrian Development Cooperation, the International...