Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Agriculture - Briefing Note 11

United Nations Environment Programme

Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Agriculture - Briefing Note 11

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Ecosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-26T08:16:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-26T08:16:47Z
dc.date.issued	2022-07
dc.description	Conventional agriculture has been the major driving force of increased yields over the past decades and still makes up most agricultural production practices. However, this food production system and a significant amount of associated waste (approximately 30 percent of global production, according to FAO no date) has come at a cost, depleting or polluting bodies of water, replacing natural ecosystems, and eroding the rich ecosystem underlayer supporting microorganism biodiversity, the basis of soil fertility. To compensate, more ecosystems are continually converted to agricultural or grazing land.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40405
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.page.number	11 pages
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	ecosystem
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.theme	climate
dc.title	Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Agriculture - Briefing Note 11	en
dc.title.alternative	L’adaptation fondée sur les écosystèmes dans l’agriculture : vers des systèmes alimentaires résilients aux changements climatiques – Note de synthèse 11	fr
dc.title.alternative	Adaptación basada en los ecosistemas en agricultura: hacia sistemas alimentarios resilientes al clima – Nota informativa 11	es
dc.title.alternative	Adaptação baseada em ecossistemas na agricultura: um caminho para sistemas alimentares resilientes ao clima – Nota Informativa 11	pt
dc.type	Policy brief