[rfn-l] IUCN World Parks Congress: “Food for Thought – feeding nine billion within our planetary boundaries”

[Kristin den Exter]

Dear Regional Food Networkers

Tomorrow the IUCN World Parks Congress kicks off in Sydney. On Sunday (16 Nov, 2.30-4pm) there will be a Leaders Dialogue around :
“Food for Thought – feeding nine billion within our planetary boundaries”
http://www.worldparkscongress.org/programme/wld_food_for_thought.html
“The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 805 million people are chronically undernourished in 2012–14. At the opposite end of the spectrum, obesity is soaring. In the US, for instance, 35.7% of adults are obese and 69.2% overweight. So how is it that one-third of all food produced is thrown away, and 1 in 7 individuals go hungry? This World Leaders’ Dialogue will challenge the audience to think about how their choices, as consumers in the globalized food production and distribution system, can help reverse our current food insecurity trends and statistics, in a bid to reduce global poverty and eradicate hunger. Furthermore, food related pressures through agriculture and fishing will have the greatest influence on protected area integrity and biodiversity decline in the 21st century. This debate will delve into the study on trade-offs between (bio)-fuels, food, and fodder, and look into the impact of genetically modified organisms.”
You can access the Live Stream here:
https://plus.google.com/events/c3nf452pnu8p8tamd34vvjjupe0

Best wishes Kristin
Dr Kristin den Exter
Engagement Facilitator, Sustainability Partnerships & Community Engagement, Southern Cross University
Lismore Campus, PO Box157, East Lismore NSW 2480 Australia
T: 02 66269250 | M: 0414223139| E: kristin.denexter at scu.edu.au<mailto:kristin.denexter at scu.edu.au> |
Publications: http://works.bepress.com/kristin_denexter/

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