Scientific evidence showing the impacts of nature restoration actions on food productivity
2022
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
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.
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