Sustainable diets and biodiversity : directions and solutions for policy, research and action / editors, Barbara Burlingame, Sandro Dernini. - [Rome] : FAO, ©2012. - 307 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

"Proceedings of the International Scientific Symposium Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets United Against Hunger, 3-5 November 2010, FAO Headquarters, Rome." "Biodiversity International"--Cover.

This book presents the current state of thought on the common path of sustainable diets and biodiversity. It consists of 4 chapters which look at sustainable diets and biodiversity through sustainable food production and consumption which is illustrated with ten cases studies. The final chapter deals more specifically with the example of the Mediterranean diet. The book resulted from an International Scientific Symposium "Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets: United Against Hunger" organized jointly by FAO and Biodiversity International, held at FAO, in Rome, from 3 to 5 November 2010, within the World Food Day/Week programme, on the occasion of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

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Food consumption--Environmental aspects
Diet--Environmental aspects
Food supply--Environmental aspects
Biodiversity
Agrobiodiversity

ORG S494.5.A43 / I59 2010