s:3346:"TI The role of forests, trees and wild biodiversity for improved nutrition-sensitivity of food and agriculture systems 
AU Powell B 
AU Ickowitz A 
AU Padoch C 
AU Pinedo-Vasquez M 
AU Sunderland T C H 
AU Jamnadass, R. 
AU McMullin, S. 
AB Many contend that in order to overcome the world’s nutrition problems , nutrition must become a cross - cutting issue, with concrete commitment and attention from a wide range of disciplines. From this assertion has grown the promotion of nutrition -sensitive approaches to economic growth, development, agriculture and food systems (nutrition -specific interventions target malnutrition directly, whereas nutrition -sensitive interventions target the causes of malnutrition by integrating nutritio n into policies and programs in diverse sectors) . There have been repeated calls for the international community to prioritize identification ways to leverage agriculture (and agricultural landscapes) to enhance nutrition (and health). Land use change is an often overlooked driver of change in diets, nutrition and food security, especially for rural communities. The synergies between food systems approaches to food security and nutrition and landscape approaches to integrated biodiversity and forest conserv ation should be explored and built on. Forests a nd tree s support food security and nutrition in a number of ways. Forests and wild biodiversity provide nutritionally important foods (including fruits, vegetables, bush meat, fish and insects) , that contri bute to the diversity and nutritional quality of diets of people living in heterogeneous landscapes . Forests and trees provide fuelwood , an essential and often overlooked component of the food systems in rural areas across the globe. Forests and tree products make invaluable contributions to the income of people living in and around the m, often providing the only means of accessing the cash economy, thus enabling access to nutritious foods through purchas ing. Forests also sustain resilience: forest pr oducts are often consumed more frequently in times of food scarcity and can provide livelihood safety nets . When they reach markets, forest and tree products can contribute to the nutrition -sensitivity of global food systems (approximately 53% of the fruit available for consumption globally is produced by trees), especially when market chains are supported and developed in a nutrition -sensitive manner. Biodiversity, forests and trees outside forests also provide an array of ecosystem services essential for the sustainability and nutriton -senstivity of agricultural systems (e.g. pollination, water provision ing, genetic resources ). A better unde rstanding of the importance of these relationships , and the spatial scales at which they function , is needed to ensure they are not overlooked in policy and practice . The importance of forests and trees in agricultural systems and the nutritional importance of forest and tree foods highlight their role in both the sustainability and nutrition -sensitivity of fo od systems. To achieve goals for reductions in global malnutrition it will be essential to ensure that nutrition becomes a cross - cutting issue: a priority not only in the field of health, development, education and agriculture, but for those also working in forestry and conservation 
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