Maria Ölund - Forests, Landscapes and Food Security

We are: • A transdisciplinary research network launched 2008 Natural and social sciences, economists, agronomists, climate science, human geography etc.…

• 53 researchers from a broad range of Swedish universities and institutions Chalmers, GU, LU, LiU, SLU, SRC, SEI… PhD students, senior researchers, policy / practice…

• Secretariat at Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, in Gothenburg

• Mainly research/work with focus on: Forest, bioenergy, climate, livelihoods, multifunctional landscapes, land and forest tenure etc.

• In the ”south” Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Nepal, Amazon…

Forest, bioenergy, climate, livelihoods, multifunctional landscapes, NTFPs, agroforestry, water and trees, land and forest tenure, forest and climate policy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, community forestry

Mocambique, Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Kambodja, Malaysia, Nepal, Brazil, Ecuador, Borneo, Burkina Faso…

Synergies and trade-offs between forests and agriculture

Forest, bioenergy, climate, livelihoods, multifunctional landscapes, NTFPs, agroforestry, water and trees, land and forest tenure, forest and climate policy REDD+, Community forestry projects,


Focali-SIANI collaboration:Joint Landscape event, 2012Contribution to FAO dialogue on Forests and Food Security, May 2013 Formal start of the theme, September 2013 2014-2015 multi-stakeholder events, research dissemination, global dialogues



2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

Seminar for SIWI’s cluster group on “Water and Forests”:“Water, forests and people – building resilient landscapes” • Seminar at the Environmental Protection Agency in Stockholm, May

• Follow up workshop at the Swedish Forest Agency in Gothenburg, June• Seminar at World Water Week where report and brief was launched, August • Forest Water Dialogue at the World Forestry Congress in Durban, September • Discussion forum on Water and Forests at Global Landscape Forum, in December - with SIWI, CIFOR, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

Workshop in collaboration with LUCSUS at Lund University: “Building partnerships with forest communities”

• Platform for dialogue between research, public and private sector actors • Blog post, by Torsten Krause • Brief published early 2016, by workshop participants • Input to “Local partnerships – key to zero net deforestation?”, by Ekaterina Bessonova

Agri4D conference at SLU: • Planning• Session leaders and rapporteurs • Participation • Compiling the conference report • Sharing of theme briefs

Policy brief by Jenny Friman: Interpretation matters: Exploring the policy outcomes of competitive vulnerability framings in rural Burkina Faso

Discussion brief by Eskil Mattsson: Can agroforestry address food security concerns under a changing climate?

Based on Agroforestry and Climate workshop arranged by the theme 2014



2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

Providing nutrients to other plants….

• A national platform for Agroforestry

• Agroforestry and urban farming for social integration in Gothenburg, platform supported by the City of Gothenburg



2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

Agroforesry as a measure to reduce climate-related risks in upland communities e.g. in Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal

Navigating the new forest-climate-development landscape post-2015