HNbS Integrated Food System:

According to FAO research, agroforestry can increase biodiversity by 68%, increase ecosystem services by 42%, reduce soil erosion by 50%, increase soil carbon storage by 21%, and increase the availability of nitrogen for crops by 46%. It can also increase agricultural productivity by 36-100%.

The HNbS forest approach spans various sustainable goals and can simultaneously support economic and environmental restoration, as well as enhance social welfare. In the face of severe challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and wars, food security, agriculture, and forestry cannot be treated in isolation. To achieve sustainable goals, action is required to integrate forestry, agriculture, food, land use, rural development, and national development.

Application scenarios of HNbS agroforestry approach:

The application of the HNbS agroforestry approach first requires a change in cultivation practices. Currently, the degradation of large areas of agricultural land (about 1.2 billion hectares) is due to the intensive cultivation and conventional agricultural practices of the food system, as well as the agricultural use of land for orchards, palm groves, and economic forests. By using the "NbS agroforestry approach," the traditional agricultural use of land can be maintained while increasing forest area (to reach 20% or more), reducing the environmental impact of traditional agriculture, increasing food production, reducing costs, and enhancing food security. Depending on the specific situation, it is possible to achieve 30-80% recovery of different levels of biodiversity and different levels of carbon sequestration.