Publications

Food security

This collection of short essays provides a fairly comprehensive overview of where we are and what we know about how COVID-19 is affecting food security and livelihoods at the six-month mark.

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Plant protection

Having the ability to cause 100 per cent yield loss once established in a field, TR4 has proven to be devastating on the farms that are infested with it. These guidelines aim to help farmers create prevention plans.

 

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Environment

This report emphasises the threat that wildlife trafficking poses to nature and the biodiversity of the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment and…

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Health

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, this report urges actions by governments and sets out ten recommendations to prevent future pandemics.

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Agriculture

While the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented uncertainties in global food supply chains, governments face the challenge to create balanced policies that address immediate needs, such as…

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Food security

Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition, this report states.

 

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Biodiversity

This report sheds a light on the critical role and the benefits of forest-dependent pollinators, explaining that forest management practices can have significant effects on pollinator abundance and diversity.

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Gender inequality, climate vulnerability and state fragility are strongly interlinked, this report states. Thus, gender considerations should also be fully reflected in emerging policy and programming on climate-related…

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Fisheries

Fish consumption is poised to increase further in the decade ahead, while aquaculture’s expansion will continue states this report.

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Nutrition

Progress in fighting malnutrition is too slow, the report states. The authors call for a change in global food systems and urges governments, business and civil society to step up efforts to address malnutrition in all…

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