Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development

Carlos Martinez-Nuñez (), Elena Velado-Alonso, Jacques Avelino, Pedro J. Rey, G. Martijn Hoopen, Guy Pe’er, Yi Zou, Yunhui Liu, Philip Antwi-Agyei, Adrien Rusch, Charles Staver, Tharaka S. Priyadarshana, Denis J. Sonwa, Damayanti Buchori, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Elena D. Concepción, Owen T. Lewis, Ivette Perfecto and Ignasi Bartomeus
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Carlos Martinez-Nuñez: Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD (CSIC)
Elena Velado-Alonso: Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD (CSIC)
Jacques Avelino: UMR PHIM
Pedro J. Rey: Universidad de Jaén & Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ)
G. Martijn Hoopen: UMR PHIM
Guy Pe’er: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ)
Yi Zou: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Yunhui Liu: China Agricultural University
Philip Antwi-Agyei: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Adrien Rusch: SAVE
Charles Staver: Universidad Veracruzana
Tharaka S. Priyadarshana: Nanyang Technological University
Denis J. Sonwa: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Damayanti Buchori: IPB University (Bogor Agricultural University)
Lucas A. Garibaldi: Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
Elena D. Concepción: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
Owen T. Lewis: University of Oxford
Ivette Perfecto: University of Michigan
Ignasi Bartomeus: Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD (CSIC)

Nature Sustainability, 2025, vol. 8, issue 2, 133-141

Abstract: Abstract Perennial woody crops, which are crucial to our diets and global economies, have the potential to play a major role in achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to biodiversity conservation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation. However, this potential is hindered by insufficient scientific and policy attention on perennial woody crops, and by the intensification of perennial crop cultivation in the form of monocropping with high external inputs. In this Perspective, we highlight the potential of properly managed and incentivized perennial woody crops to support holistic sustainable development and urge scientists and policymakers to develop an effective agenda to better harness their benefits.

Date: 2025
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