المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

The focus of this Note is to show the integration between the Sustainable Forestry and how it is linked to Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) with a sustainability built into it with a clear pathway of Value addition at the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary level such that the reach out to not only the in threat forestry and also to contain the regional balance and to establish the common livelihood pattern between crops and fodder on the one side, animal husbandry on the other side and sustainable forestry and its eco on the third side and most importantly on the sustainable agriculture and Nutrition for all should be our goal.

It is important that in such a system as the sustainable forestry many a times the microorganisms in the forest, the insects in the forest, the bio flora and fauna in the forest is rather neglected.  It is this eco balance that gets shifted right from the day one all the way to the time when the tree is cut, the effect is not seen.  However, there is also a huge amount of benefit when we look at a total holistic approach of sustainable forestry linking with Food Security and Nutrition Security and Quality of Life. 

There are several ways in which one can look at the ensuing global climate change with the mitigation that can happen with the forestry on the one side and the erosion of the soil and the top soil loss and utilisation of “Wasted land” on the other side.  Therefore Nutrition to not only the livestock and the plants on the one side but more importantly the human Nutrition can make a big difference with the remedial action that can come from forestry especially when we look forestry as a source of nuts, as a source of fruits, as a source of many biomolecules including herbal and also the local resources through trees and sustainability including capacity building will ensure the sustainability of the programme. 

However when we look at pooling the resources and making itself sustainable in a small area or a place that need to be networked into thousands of acres and see how that mega ecofriendliness will address the issue.  There is a need for a huge repository database at a local level so that tomorrow the CFS/HLPE can have a database of the repository of the various species that can link the sustainable forestry and the challenges of governance and the challenges of the dynamics of the economy.  These all can be handled from a very clear expected outputs all the way down to prevention of disasters, not only natural disasters, but also man -made disaster of malnutrition apart from poverty driven unfortunately. It is here that areas like mining and areas like using the land for urban expansion at the cost of cutting trees and the water treatment that is need in the area must become very sustainable so that local area will have the edge on what need to be done to integrate the entire mega picture of the “sustainable forestry for Food Security Nutrition” with a focus on sustainability and better livelihood and Quality of life for the rural and tribal.