Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the
ecosystem services that it provides,. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as …

Population growth, dietary changes, and increasing biofuel use are placing unprecedented
pressure on the global food system. While this demand likely cannot be met by expanding …

As the debate heats up over the European Union's new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
for 2020, I propose introducing a progressive tax that is based on farmers' purchase per unit …

Transforming the rapidly growing ocean economy into a 'blue economy'based on principles
of sustainability, equity and inclusivity is crucial. We contend that marine biotechnology is …

Halting the loss of jobs and knowledge from small-scale producers requires investing in
rural sustainability, addressing poverty and inequity and ensuring the economic gains stay …

Meeting the food needs of the growing and increasingly affluent human population with the
planet's limited resources is a major challenge of our time. Seen as the preferred approach …

Low-meat and no-meat diets are increasingly acknowledged as sustainable alternatives to
current Western food consumption patterns. Concerns for the environment, individual health …

One key challenge for the twenty-first century is how to produce the food we need, yet
ensure the landscape we want. Genetically modified crops have focused our attention on …

For many of us in affluent regions, our bath-room scales indicate that we get more than
enough to eat, which may lead some to believe that it is easy, perhaps too easy, for farmers …

Recent developments in the seaweed aquaculture industries of Pacific islands are reviewed
from the perspective of technical, production, geographic, marketing, species-diversification …