June 21 2013: The eleventh edition of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) InfoNews includes an editorial by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the UN-Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition.

Nabarro recognizes the importance of the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition in furthering the understanding of the need for a comprehensive approach to food security. Nabarro also recalls the trade-offs faced when managing forests for multiple purposes while appreciating the human rights and justice approach to addressing food security.

The eleventh edition of InfoNews also reports on the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition and reveals the winners of the ‘nurture forests for the future’ photo competition.

Additional stories covered in the newsletter focus on insects as a food option, the need for enhanced cooperation to address illegal logging and trade, the challenges of meeting global food and water security, and the draft resolution that calls on countries to recognize illegal trade in flora and fauna as a major crime and that has been put before the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Finally the newsletter reports on REDD+ monitoring initiatives in Latin America, upcoming events, including the 38th FAO Conference, and recent publications and video releases, including a series of publications on the forest instrument in Liberia. [Publication: InfoNews 11]