Biodiversity Footprints for Food Chains

Biodiversity Footprints for Food Chains: Feasibility Assessment and Stakeholder Input

Co-learning between stakeholders and science leads to useful data and tool development. The AKRIBI project held three workshops with food industry stakeholders to discuss the potential need for biodiversity footprints in the context of ongoing monitoring activities. We found a clear desire for better incorporation of biodiversity considerations in food sourcing practices. Expanding mainstream criteria and norms to include biodiversity as well as complementary methods to assess land use risk would be welcomed. This report presents the outcomes of the stakeholder workshops and explores the feasibility of a footprint monitoring approach--based on regional assessment of biodiversity risk. The report is augmented by key literature sources arguing for the urgent and widespread uptake of biodiversity criteria in responsible food chain management.

 Biodiversity Footprints for Food Chains