Relatively few countries specifically address poverty or
rural employment when updating their forest policies, it says in the report, despite the forest sector employing 13.2 million people across the world, and at least another 41 million people informally.
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier de Schutter has also pointed out that agroecology is «knowledge and labour intensive» — surely a welcome thing
when seeking greater
employment opportunities in
rural Australia, and aiding in slowing
rural - urban migration.