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Sustainable development goal 2: improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security
The pursuit of global food security and agricultural sustainability, the dual aim of the
second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-2), requires urgent and concerted action
from developing and developed countries. This, in turn, depends on clear and
universally applicable targets and indicators which are partially lacking. The novel and
complex nature of the SDGs poses further challenges to their implementation on the
ground, especially in the face of interlinkages across SDG objectives and scales. Here
we review the existing SDG-2 indicators, propose improvements to facilitate their
operationalization and illustrate their practical implementation in Nigeria, Brazil and the
Netherlands. This exercise provides insights into the concrete actions needed to
achieve SDG-2 across contrasting development contexts and highlights the challenges
of addressing the links between targets and indicators within and beyond SDG-2.
Ultimately, it underscores the need for integrated policies and reveals opportunities to
leverage the fulfillment of SDG-2 worldwide
Framework providing definitions, operational typology and review of EU strategies for rural areas
Deliverable: Working document. SHERPA: Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors, Project ID 862448, H2020 Call ID & Topic RUR-01-2018-2019–D: Rural society-science-policy hubInternational audienceThis deliverable D3.2 aims at compiling the existing data, knowledge and policy framework on rural in the EU, so to provide an operational framework for SHERPA multi-actor platforms (MAPs) when they come at describing rural trends, challenges and opportunities in their respective areas
Framework providing definitions, operational typology and review of EU strategies for rural areas
Deliverable: Working document. SHERPA: Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors, Project ID 862448, H2020 Call ID & Topic RUR-01-2018-2019–D: Rural society-science-policy hubInternational audienceThis deliverable D3.2 aims at compiling the existing data, knowledge and policy framework on rural in the EU, so to provide an operational framework for SHERPA multi-actor platforms (MAPs) when they come at describing rural trends, challenges and opportunities in their respective areas
Conservation significance of intact forest landscapes in the Scandinavian Mountains Green Belt
Context: As forest harvesting remains high, there is a crucial need to assess the remaining large, contiguous and intact forests, regionally, nationally and globally. Objectives: Our objective was to analyze the spatial patterns and structural connectivity of intact and primary forests in northern Sweden with focus on the Scandinavian Mountain region; one of the few remaining large European intact forest landscapes. Methods: Over 22 million ha with 14.5 million ha boreal and subalpine forest and with data consisting of a 60-70 year retrospective sequence, we analyzed distribution, density and connectivity of forests that have not been clear cut, using moving window and landscape analyzes derived from Circuitscape. Results: We revealed a contiguous, connected and semi-connected intact forest landscape forming a distinct Green Belt south to north along the mountain range. Almost 60% of the forestland remains intact, including contiguous clusters 10,000 ha and larger. The connectivity is particularly high in protected areas with primary forests outside contributing substantially to overall connectivity. We found gaps in connectivity in the southern parts, and furthermore low or absent connectivity across the whole inland and coastal areas of northern Sweden. Conclusions: Given its ecological values, the Scandinavian Mountains Green Belt is a key entity supporting ecological legacies, boreal biodiversity and ecosystem services, resilience and adaptive capacity, which needs to be safeguarded for the future. On the very large areas outside the mountain region, forestlands are severely fragmented, connectivity values are lost, and forest landscape restoration is needed for conservation and functional green infrastructure.