Scientific evidence showing the impacts of nature restoration actions on food productivity
This report is a narrative review of the effects reported in the scientific literature (peer-reviewed and indexed scientific publications showing quantitative evidence) about the relationships between a selection of nature restoration practices and food production. The reported effects are extracted from systematic reviews, meta-analyses and individual papers. As a narrative review, this is not a representative sample of all the available studies conducted on the topic.
Although we cannot extract a quantitative estimate without a proper meta-analysis, our review suggests that nature restoration measures have a remarkably positive impact on food productivity in the long-term, while most of the short-term impacts are context- and species-dependant. Thus, we consider that the restoration of degraded and overexploited ecosystems is an insurance policy to ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of our food systems.
LIQUETE GARCIA Maria Del Camino;
PRAKASH Sona;
ADDAMO Anna;
ASSOULINE Michael;
BARREDO CANO Jose Ignacio;
BOSCO Simona;
DE JESUS CARDOSO Ana;
DA SILVA CATARINO Rui;
CZUCZ Balint;
DRUON Jean-Noel;
FELLMANN Thomas;
GLIOTTONE Ilaria;
GUERRERO FERNANDEZ Irene;
MONTERO CASTAÑO Ana;
PANAGOS Panagiotis;
PARACCHINI Maria-Luisa;
PARDO VALLE Adara;
POLCE Chiara;
REGA Carlo;
ROBUCHON Marine;
ROGANTI Riccardo;
ROTLLAN PUIG Xavier;
SCHIEVANO Andrea;
VASILAKOPOULOS Paraskevas;
2022-08-03
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC129725
978-92-76-54409-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31137 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31137-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129725,
10.2760/3032 (online),
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