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1. The role of ecosystem services on food
security and nutrition in the Amazon
MARIANA ARBOLEDA

2. It’s imperative to understand how and under which circumstances ecosystem services
contribute directly and indirectly to human well-being, including food security, nutrition and
health of the rural poor. Food, nutrition and health of small-scale farming families
throughout the world depend to a major extent on the benefits obtained from nature,
ranging from the provision of a wide diversity of food resources, fuel-wood for cooking and
medicinal plant.

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THE PROJECT ANALYSES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THROUGH THE LENS OF FAO’S
FOUR PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY: AVAILABILITY, ACCESS, UTILIZATION AND
STABILITY, ALONG A GRADIENT OF DEFORESTATION.
In this regard, the project ‘Managing ecosystem services for food security and the
nutritional health of the rural poor at the forest-agricultural interface’, also called
ASSETS, was established with the aim to document the relations between
ecosystem services, food security and the nutritional health of local communities
living in the forest-agriculture interface.

4. For this study, three contrasting places were chosen for ASSETS: the lower Caqueta
basin in the Colombian Amazon, the Ucayali region in the Peruvian Amazon, and the
Lake Chilwa catchment in Malawi.
ASSETS is interdisciplinary by nature, including the use of participatory
methods, household and dietary surveys, modelling, economic valuation
and risk análisis.

5. Results and conclusions
The outputs of this study will ultimately propose alternative types of
ecosystem services management to be reflected on the adoption of adequate
multi-sectorial policies (health and food policies, ecosystem management and
biodiversity conservation strategies) that reduce food insecurity, increase
nutritional health, and ultimately improve the well-being of the poorest families
living in the forest-agriculture interface.
The project will permit us to understand how benefits provided by ecosystems
in the forest-agriculture interface are allocated within and across communities.

6. Sources: https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/2013/05/22/role-ecosystem-services-
food-security-and-nutrition-amazon
https://www.slideshare.net/ciatdapa/cruz-ecosystem-asset