Whether for banana management in Uganda or a mixed crop and livestock system in Malawi, the provision of ecosystem services is increasingly promoted as an integral part of adaptation to change and resilience within landscapes. The blog concluded last week with a look at ecosystem services and public goods in multifunctional landscapes, and today marks the commencement of the Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference in Bali, tackling many of the same issues.
In this vein, an array of stakeholders – from government and UN representatives to civil society and community group members – came together to further the discussion specifically on how ecosystem-based approaches can contributed to food security and climate change adaptation in Africa. This first African Food Security & Adaptation Conference stressed the need for solutions that yield the multiple benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation, support for farmers, and preservation of ecosystem health. Recommendations to institutionalize ecosystem-based approaches into national policy and program, and the lessons from an array of case examples presented, will feed into an upcoming African Ministerial Conference the Environment to be held in Botswana in October 2013.
The conference was convened by UN Environment Programme, with participation of many other Landscapes Initiative co-Organizers. Read the full conference briefing by IISD.
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