Publications

Nature-positive futures : Food systems as a catalyser for change

Mommer, Liesje; Nel, Jeanne; van Apeldoorn, Dirk; van Hattum, Tim; Jones-Walters, Lawrence; Polman, Nico; Richter, Andries; Westerink, Judith; Alpízar, Francisco; Candel, Jeroen; van Doorn, Anne; van Duinkerken, Gert; Maas, Jelle; Fraanje, Walter; Groot, Annemarie; Jongeneel, Roel; Navarro-Matser, Marjon; Ritzer, Simone; Siegmund-Schultze, Marianne; Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid; de Wit, Mieke

Summary

The content of this Mansholt lecture came about through a wide science-policy consultation process. Existing ‘seeds of innovation’ in the biodiversity climate-food nexus were collected in a WUR-wide dialogue on 10th May 2022, which involved some 150 interdisciplinary experts. These seeds were collated into interventions for nature-positive futures, in an interdisciplinary workshop of WUR colleagues on 13th May 2022. They were further clustered into five entry points for nature-positive changes to the food system. The resulting entry points and interventions were discussed with several EU policy makers in another workshop in Brussels on 30th June 2022. We thank everyone involved in this process for their input