Biodiversity loss and nature recovery
Meeting legally binding targets for reversing biodiversity loss would require a range of challenges to be addressed but would also provide societal benefits.
Table of contents
Overview
Ten different issues were identified under this topic.
Short articles have been written on these issues to help parliament identify what action it may wish to take. New articles will be added when they become available.
Articles
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Inequalities in diets
Healthy diets would improve population-wide health and reduce wider health inequalities but are unaffordable for the poorest 20% of the population.
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Innovation and technology in agriculture and alternative foods
Without sustainable agricultural innovation, such as the use of artificial intelligence, the world faces persistent food insecurity and degraded resources.
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Balancing competing land uses: a multifunctional approach
How can a land use framework best address food security, climate mitigation and adaptation, and nature recovery challenges within England’s finite land area.
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Balancing UK agricultural production and environmental objectives
Supporting food and fibre production approaches that are environmentally sustainable and resilient to environmental change.
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Food systems, food security and supply chains
Food systems face the triple challenge of food security, resilient supply chains and environmental sustainability.
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Integrated management of the water environment
Water supplies could be better protected through a risk-based systems approach to managing the pressures currently degrading freshwaters.
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Climate and environmental risks: governance challenges
Cross-cutting climate and environmental risks raise interconnected governance challenges that involve justice, sustainability and resilience concepts.
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How can pollution control, waste management and resource use objectives be achieved?
Preventing harm from waste and pollution may require a better understanding of the factors involved in their creation. New approaches may be needed to meet objectives.
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Issues facing rural communities
A range of complex issues are faced by rural communities. What can be done to support rural economic growth and address long standing challenges?
Acknowledgements
POST would like to thank consultation respondents and peer reviewers for kindly giving up their time to support this work, including:
- Professor Michael Sweet, University of Derby
- Dr Dawn Robins, University of Chichester
- Dr Ehsan Jorat, Abertay University
- Professor Naho Mirumachi, Kings College London
- Professor David Johnson, University of Manchester
- Professor Lindsay Jaacks , University of Edinburgh*
- Dr Laura Cornelsen, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine*
- Dr Komali Kantamaneni, University of Central Lancashire*
- Professor Barbara Haesler, Royal Veterinary College
- Professor John Jones, University of St Andrews
- Professor Tom Cameron, University of Essex*
- Dr Chris White, University of Strathclyde*
- Professor Ian Maddock, University of Worcester*
- Professor John Whitton, University of Lancaster
- Professor Karl Behrendt, Harper Adams University*
- Professor Jim Monaghan, Harper Adams University
- Dr Jennifer Lucey, University of Oxford
- Dr Rob Holland, University of Southampton*
- Professor Sally Cutler, University of East London
- Dr Dannielle Green, Anglia Ruskin University*
- Professor Ian Convery, University of Cumbria
- Professor Pippa Chapman, University of Leeds
- Dr Anne Touboulic, University, University of Nottingham*
- Professor Neil Ward, University of East Anglia*
- Dr Sangeetha Thondre, Oxford Brookes University
- Professor Jeremy Phillipson, Newcastle University*
- Professor David Barling, University of Hertfordshire*
- Emily Woodruff, University of Warwick
- Professor Zoe Davies, University of Kent*
- Dr Ben Davies, Bath Spa University
- Professor Shonil Bhagwat, Open University
- Professor Alister Scott, University of Northumbria*
- Professor Zoe Davies, University of Kent*
- Professor Bob Smith, University of Kent*
- Dr Anne Velentuf, University of Leeds*
- Dr Lisa Norton, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology*
*denotes people and organisations who acted as external reviewers of the briefing.
