The accepted view that the Rapa Nui, the ancient inhabitants of Easter Island, degraded their environment so much that they destroyed its ability to provide for them now appears to be wrong. New research discussed in the COSMOS article Collapse …
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Food security and land required for food production largely depend on rate of yield gain of major cereal crops. The new analysis Distinguishing between yield advances and yield plateaus in historical crop production trends finds evidence of yield plateaus or …
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales. Specifically, it …
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The aim of the Healthy and Strong Children policy initiative is for South Australia’s children to spend more time playing outdoors and learning how to grow and prepare fresh fruit and vegetables to build healthy habits for life. The initiative …
South Australian initiative aims to reconnect children with nature and healthy food Read more »
The ‘Securing Our Food Future’ project through the NSW Environmental Trust has launched its Food Futures Council Resource Kit – a toolkit which provides food-related templates, policies, guidelines and case studies for Councils. It aims to increase their capacity to …
Food security is increasingly recognised as a problem facing urban populations in developed countries like Australia as well as in the developing countries of the global south. Recent disasters, especially floods, have highlighted the fragility of food supply lines in …
Report: Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change Read more »
What if the world’s population of around 7 billion were just a village of 100 people? A series of posters titled If The World Were A Village Of 100 People illustrates global statistics in a thought-provoking way, including food, water, …
Five NSW funding rounds are open for applications in February-March 2013. They are: Estuary Management Grants – Applications close 14 February 2013. Grants to support local government to improve the health of NSW estuaries and understand the potential risks from …
The UK NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) Knowledge Exchange Program on Sustainable Food Production aims to enhance the use of science in making UK food production systems more environmentally sustainable.
The International Network for Urban Agriculture (INUAg) is based in Chicago, USA serving a global membership. INUAg envisions communities worldwide reconnected to the production of their food. INUAg’s mission is to inspire and foster urban farming through networking, education, and …