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Learning from Conflict

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Blog Editor

Thanks to our first Landscape Roundtable contributors, Saswati Bora, Elisabeth Kvitashvili, and Delia Catacutan, for sharing their perspectives on the topic of conflict, resource management and related impacts on food security. Each of the authors pointed out that the connections between resource management and conflict … Continue reading →

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Watershed Wars: Avoiding Water Rights Conflict between Smallholders and Agri-Industries

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Blog Editor

By Delia C. Catacutan, Senior Social Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam Dr. Catacutan currently leads research related to governance and natural resources management processes, including policy and institutional analyses in relation to payments for ecosystem services, in the Southeast … Continue reading →

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Becoming Conflict-Smart

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Blog Editor

By Elisabeth Kvitashvili, Deputy Assistant Administrator-designate for Middle East Bureau and former Director of the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, US Agency for International Development (USAID). Ms. Kvitashvili has led USAID’s work to analyze and respond to instability, extremism, … Continue reading →

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Landscape Approaches in Managing Conflict

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Blog Editor

By Saswati Bora, Operations Officer, Agriculture & Environmental Services, the World Bank Ms. Bora, the lead author of the background paper “Food Security and Conflict” to the 2011 World Development Report: Conflict, Security and Development, kicks off our first Landscapes … Continue reading →

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On the Topic of Conflict

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Blog Editor

Sometimes the most viable solutions to land management challenges require multiple perspectives, as seen on Wednesday in the case of the System of Rice Intensification in Nepal. Within an agricultural landscape, where there are multiple stakeholder groups and interests, it … Continue reading →

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Businesses and the Landscape Approach: Achieving Real Sustainability

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Blog Editor

By Lee Gross, Project Manager, EcoAgriculture Partners By now most everyone is familiar with eco-certifications of some kind: USDA Organic, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM are just a few we have been living with for at least … Continue reading →

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Forests and Food: Thoughts on Our Fear of Working Together

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Blog Editor

Last week the Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters webcast its annual conference, this year focused on Food and Forests: Cultivating Resilient Landscapes. This series of presentations and panel discussions provided a captivating window into the world of forestry … Continue reading →

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Landscape of the Week: Restoration for Climate Resilience in the Tigray Region

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Blog Editor

In the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, severe land degradation, population growth and immigration, and unsustainable agricultural practices and management have undermined food security and rural livelihoods. Increased and recurrent drought and unpredictable and variable rainfall since the 1970s have exacerbated these … Continue reading →

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Saving REDD+ from Death By a Thousand Complaints

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Blog Editor

This week’s Blog posts have focused on policies and financing mechanisms to align agricultural development and climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. Since it’s inception in 2008, the UN program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) has come under heavy criticism. … Continue reading →

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