Blog for People, Food and Nature

By Jules Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Sustainability and Resources, University of Essex, UK As we saw on Wednesday with the Natural Capital Declaration, there is increasing recognition for the planet’s finite resources and the need to reform a ‘business as usual’ model. …

Last week we observed World Population Day with an acknowledgement that a growing human population requires certain resources to sustain itself, and the current approach to using land and water resources will not allow us to remain within certain planetary boundaries. One of the reasons behind the current mode of growt…

Nearly two years ago, the world hit a milestone of 7 billion people, and the projections for 2050 continue to suggest an addition of 2-3 billion people. Underlying the concerns over natural resource scarcity and ecosystem health often rests the interests of people. Today as World Population Day is observed around the g…

As the world's second most populous country, with nearly one and a quarter billion people and about 600 million of those involved in agriculture, India is an important country to watch with regards to agricultural land management and food security. However, the question of how to best relieve some of the food insecurit…

Last week, Chris Reij, Sustainable Land Management Specialist and Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI), discussed the contribution of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration to both addressing concerns related to climate change and food security. Set in the context of President Obama's trip last week to Af…

Last week on the Blog concluded with ten principles of a landscape approach as outlined in a recent paper by Sayer, et al. Taken together with the announcement of the new Global Landscapes Forum at COP19 in Warsaw, recent public discussions at the World Bank and IFPRI, and other recent events, it is clear there is con…