Biodiversity in aquatic food systems

Biodiversity in aquatic food systems - Fisheries and Aquaculture

Aquatic Biodiversity. FAO has a mandate to halt the loss of genetic resources. It also works to ensure aquatic genetic resources are ...

Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems | WorldFish

Aquatic food systems nourish 3.3 billion people globally and provide livelihoods to 600 million, almost half of them women. 90% of small-scale fishers live in ...

Biodiversity and Aquaculture: Is There Tension Between Food ...

As food demands have increased globally, aquaculture—the cultivation of fish and other marine life—has emerged as the fastest-growing form ...

How Aquatic Foods can Deliver Action for the Global Biodiversity ...

This panel is a call to action on how can and why governments should consider aquatic food systems as one critical pathway towards achieving their national ...

Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of ...

Aquatic foods are distributed through diverse supply chains, with the potential to be highly adaptable to stresses and shocks, but face a ...

Food systems don't stop at the water—the need to focus on aquatic ...

For half of the world's population, the answer is fish, seafood, and plants harvested from water. Aquatic foods are the main source of protein ...

Reflection Impacts of Global Food Systems on Biodiversity and Water

We reflect upon the reports' findings on the effects of agricultural production on biodiversity and water resources and present essential areas for future ...

Home | Aquatic biodiversity: underpinning aquatic food security

Aquatic biodiversity used for food and agriculture underpins production in both capture fisheries and aquaculture. It is the basis on which the two sectors ...

Securing Biodiversity is Essential to Achieving Food Security | WWF

The FAO can play an important role in mainstreaming biodiversity in aquatic food production systems. Ratifying and implementing international ...

Food systems affect biodiversity - here's how | World Economic Forum

Agriculture and aquaculture threaten 54.5 percent of the 42,109 species currently at risk of extinction, according to my calculation based on ...

Aquatic Food Systems | WorldFish

Aquatic foods are central to the livelihoods, food and nutrition security of more than 800 million people in developing countries – particularly those ...

Editorial: Ocean/aquatic food systems: Interactions with ecosystems ...

Marine and freshwater food systems in capture fisheries and aquaculture are managed as if they are independent entities separate from ...

Aquatic biodiversity enhances multiple nutritional benefits to humans

For aquatic animals, increased diversity enhances productivity of fish biomass (42) and also enhances temporal stability of biomass production and total yields ...

Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss - UNEP

A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss will ...

Biodiversity and food systems | Nature Food

Biological diversity and food availability are intrinsically linked, yet trade-offs between them often arise. Further research is needed on ...

The Role of Aquatic Foods in Sustainable Healthy Diets

Diverse aquatic foods – including animals, plants and microorganisms farmed in and harvested from water, as well as cell- and plant-based foods emerging ...

Secure local aquatic food systems in the face of declining coral reefs

Furthermore, fish tend to be more affordable and accessible locally than other animal source foods. ... Multi-species fisheries, such as from ...

ESS Topic 4.3: Aquatic Food Production Systems

The demand for aquatic food is increasing dramatically worldwide and at the same time there is a pressure for more efficient production and distribution ...

Commercially traded fish portfolios mask household utilization of ...

The global biodiversity that underpins wild food systems-including fisheries-is rapidly declining. Yet, we often have only a limited ...

Coral reefs: our underwater food factory - Economist Impact

Food systems are dependent on biodiversity; nature provides ecosystem services that support the production of food. An estimated 850m people ...