TY - JOUR AU - Jacob, Michelle AU - Medeiros Souza, Alice AU - Martins de Carvalho, Aline AU - Alves de Vasconcelos Neto, Carlos Frederico AU - Tregidgo, Daniel AU - Hunter, Danny AU - de Oliveira Pereira, Fillipe AU - Ros Brull, Guilhermo AU - V. Kunhlein, Harriet AU - Guedes da Silva, Lara Juliane AU - Mont'Alverne Jucá Seabr, Larissa AU - Drewinski, Mariana de Paula AU - Menolli Jr, Nelson AU - Carignano Torres, Patricia AU - Mayor, Pedro AU - F. M. Lopes, Priscila AU - Vasconcelos da Silva, Rafael Ricardo AU - Marcelino Gomes, Sávio AU - da Silva-Maia, Juliana Kelly PY - 2023/02/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Food Biodiversity as an Opportunity to Address the Challenge of Improving Human Diets and Food Security JF - Ethnobiology and Conservation JA - Ethnobio Conserv VL - 12 IS - SE - Opinion DO - 10.15451/ec2023-02-12.05-1-14 UR - http://www.ethnobioconservation.com/index.php/ebc/article/view/714 SP - AB - <p>Scientists have warned for several years that food systems have become major drivers of environmental degradation, malnutrition, and food insecurity. In this paper, we present arguments from specialists that suggest that, in the transition to more sustainable food systems, biodiversity and food security can be mutually supportive, rather than conflicting goals. We have divided the opinions of these scientists into two "Big Topics". First, they examine the synergies and challenges of the intersection of biodiversity and food security. In the second section, they explain how various forms of food biodiversity, such as mushrooms, terrestrial wild animals, aquatic animals, algae, and wild plants, can contribute to food security. Finally, we present three main pathways that, according to these experts, could guide the transition toward biodiversity and food security in food systems. </p> ER -