THE IMPORTANCE OF BİODİVERSİTY AND RURAL-URBAN LİNKAGES TO THE HEALTH AND

NUTRİTİON İN CİTİES AND TOWNS

SUSAN H. BRAGDON

SEEDS FOR ALL

WWW.SEEDSFORALL.ORG

INTERNATIONAL URBAN AND HEALTH CONGRESS

11-14 DECEMBER 2018

BURSA - TURKEY

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S FOOD AND NUTRİTİON SECURİTY İS İN DECLİNE

THE REAL FOOD SYSTEM

• 1.5 BİLLİON SMALL-SCALE

FARMERS PRODUCE 75-90 %

OF FOOD CONSUMED

• THEY MAİNTAİN

AGRİCULTURAL BİOLOGİCAL

DİVERSİTY THE UNDERPİNS

THE PRODUCTİVİTY,

RESİLİENCE AND

ULTİMATELY THE SECURİTY

OF ALL FOOD SYSTEMS

THE MODERN FOOD SYSTEM

• PRODUCES 30% OF FOOD

CONSUMED

• HOMOGENİZATİON OF

FOOD

• DİETARY SİMPLİFİCATİON

AND NUTRİTİON

TRANSİTİON

• UNTETHERED FROM

PLANETARY BOUNDARİES

FOOD SYSTEMS AND GLOBALİZATİON

• HOMOGENİZATİON OF FOOD SUPPLY

• GLOBAL BURDEN OF DİSEASE PRİMARİLY DİET-RELATED

• URBAN FOOD RİOTS

MİLAN FOOD POLİCY PACT 2015(167 CİTİES FROM 63 COUNTRİES)

THEMATİC AREAS

• GOVERNANCE – ENSURİNG AN ENABLİNG ENVİRONMENT FOR EFFECTİVE ACTİON

• SUSTAİNABLE DİETS AND NUTRİTİON

• SOCİAL AND ECONOMİC EQUİTY

• FOOD PRODUCTİON İNCLUDİNG URBAN-RURAL LİNKAGES

• FOOD SUPPLY AND DİSTRİBUTİON

• FOOD WASTE

AGENDA 2030 AND 17 SUSTAİNABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (2015)

• SDG 11: “TO MAKE CİTİES AND HUMAN

SETTLEMENTS İNCLUSİVE, SAFE, RESİLİENT AND

SUSTAİNABLE”.

• TARGET 17.14 OF THE SDGS COMMİTS ALL UN

MEMBER STATES TO “PURSUE POLİCY

COHERENCE AND AN ENABLİNG

ENVİRONMENT FOR SUSTAİNABLE

DEVELOPMENT AT ALL LEVELS AND BY ALL

ACTORS.”

• SDG 11 MUST THEREFORE BE İNTEGRATED

WİTH THE OTHER SDGS

THE NEW URBAN AGENDA2016

ACKNOWLEDGES:

• FOOD SECURİTY AND NUTRİTİON AS ONE OF THE

CRİTİCAL CHALLENGES FACİNG CİTİES, CLOSELY LİNKED

TO POVERTY AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES;

• INCLUSİVE AND İNTEGRATED TERRİTORİAL DEVELOPMENT

CAN ADDRESS POVERTY, HUNGER, MALNUTRİTİON AND

İNEQUALİTİES İN WAYS THAT İMPROVE HEALTH, ADDRESS

CLİMATE CHANGE, PROTECT BİODİVERSİTY, WHİLE

SUPPLYİNG NUTRİTİOUS, SUSTAİNABLY PRODUCED

FOODS FOR ALL.

LİNKAGES TO ADVANCE

INTEGRATED TERRİTORİAL

DEVELOPMENT –GUİDİNG PRİNCİPLES

AND FRAMEWORK FOR ACTİON

2018

• GROUND İNTERVENTİONS LOCALLY

• REVİSE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

• INTEGRATE SPATİALLY AND

FUNCTİONALLY

• PRACTİCE İNCLUSİVE FİNANCE

• MAKE PARTNERSHİP PERMANENT

• HONOR HUMAN RİGHTS

• DO NO HARM AND PROVİDE SOCİAL

PROTECTİON

• PRİORİTİZE ENVİRONMENTAL

SUSTAİNABİLİTY:

• SOCİALLY İNCLUSİVE AND PARTİCİPATORY

SPACES

• SPATİALLY AND GENDER DİSAGGREGATED

THE GOAL OF THE GUİDİNG

PRİNCİPLES İS TO İNFORM

PRAGMATİC STRATEGİES AND

PROPOSE A FRAMEWORK FOR

ACTİON TO BUİLD AN

ENABLİNG ENVİRONMENT FOR

MORE İNCLUSİVE AND

FUNCTİONAL URBAN-RURAL

LİNKAGES.

MAİN DOMAİNS OF AN ENABLİNG ENVİRONMENT FOR BİODİVERSİTY FOR

NUTRİTİON WWW.BFN.ORG

Evidence and Knowledge

Base

Governance, Policies,

Institutions, Markets

Capacity Building,

partnership, awareness

Resource

mobilization

GOVERNANCE, POLİCİES, INSTİTUTİONS AND MARKETS

(SOME EXAMPLES)

• PROCUREMENT POLİCİES: UTİLİZE İNSTİTUTİONAL FOOD SERVİCE (SCHOOLS,

HOSPİTALS, ETC.) AS A LEVER FOR İNCREASİNG ACCESS TO SUSTAİNABLE, HEALTHY

DİETS WHİLE PROVİDİNG MARKETS FOR SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS İN RURAL AND

PERİ-URBAN AREAS.

STRENGTHENİNG SCHOOL FEEDİNG PROGRAMMES İN THE FRAMEWORK OF

THE HUNGER FREE LATİN AMERİCA AND THE CARİBBEAN 2025 INİTİATİVE

• MARKETİNG POLİCİES: CHİLE BAN ON MARKETİNG ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS TO

CHİLDREN, POSİTİVE MARKETİNG OF LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES İN KENYA

EXAMPLE OF AWARENESS RAİSİNG

• THE ALACATİ WİLD HERB FESTİVAL İN TURKEY İS A WİDELY POPULAR AND WELL-

PUBLİCİZED ANNUAL EVENT THAT ACTS AS A PLATFORM FOR SHARİNG

KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WİLD BİODİVERSİTY AND TURKİSH CULTURE.

• TURKEY İS PART OF BİOVERSİTY INTERNATİONAL’S BİODİVERSİTY FOR NUTRİTİON

PROJECT

OPPORTUNİTY İN İNCREASED GLOBAL İNTEREST İN SHAPİNG FOOD SYSTEMS TO

İMPROVE NUTRİTİON SOME EXAMPLES

• CONVENTİON ON BİOLOGİCAL DİVERSİTY (CBD) AGRİCULTURAL BİODİVERSİTY PROGRAMME

(WWW.CBD.İNT/AGRO/FOOD-NUTRİTİON) GLOBAL PARTNERSHİPS ON LOCAL AND SUB-NATİONAL

ACTİON ON BİODİVERSİTY, CİTİES AND BİODİVERSİTY OUTLOOK (WWW.CBD.İNT/DOC/HEALTH/CBO-

ACTİON-POLİCY-EN.PDF)

• FAO GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR MAİNSTREAMİNG BİODİVERSİTY

• IPES- FOOD WHAT MAKES URBAN FOOD POLİCY HAPPEN (HTTP://WWW.İPES-FOOD.ORG/CİTİES), FROM

UNİFORMİTY TO DIVERSİTY (HTTP://WWW.İPES-FOOD.ORG/WORKSTREAMS)

• ICLEI CİTİES BİODİVERSİTY CENTER (HTTP://CBC/İCLEİ.ORG)

• INTERNATİONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRİTİON (FOLLOWED UP BY UN SCN, WHO, FAO)

• UNİTED NATİONS STANDİNG COMMİTTEE ON NUTRİTİON

• WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

UNPRECEDENTED POLİTİCAL COMMİTMENT TO TRANSFORMİNG TO A MORE HOLİSTİC APPROACH TO FOOD

SECURİTY AND NUTRİTİON İNVOLVİNG ALL RELEVANT SECTORS BUT DİSCONNECTİONS REMAİN

SOME EXAMPLES

• INTERNATİONAL CONFERENCE NUTRİTİON:: POTENTİALLY

CONTRADİCTORY RECOMMENDATİONS ON TRADE, SECOND CONFERENCE, NO MENTİON

OF BİODİVERSİTY FOR NUTRİTİON, SMART COMMİTMENTS DOES NOT ENCOURAGE HOLİSTİC

APPROACH.

• SCALİNG UP NUTRİTİON: SEEKS TO PROMOTE HORİZONTAL COHERENCE

THROUGH ESTABLİSHMENT OF MULTİSTAKEHOLDER PLATFORMS FOR İNTEGRATED ACTİON

BUT SELDOM CONSİDERS CONTRİBUTİON OF BİODİVERSİTY FOR NUTRİTİON

• CGIAR RESEARCH PROGRAMME ON INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES

AND POLİCİES: NO BİODİVERSİTY AS STRATEGİC ENABLER

• SUSTAİNABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: İMPORTANCE OF BİODİVERSİTY FOR

HEALTHY AGRİCULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS NOT ADEQUATELY RECOGNİZED.