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The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative is an international collaborative effort to support and scale-up the practice of whole landscape approaches to address the full set of needs from the rural land base – from sustainable, climate-resilient food and fiber production to biodiversity conservation to rural livelihoods. As part of this Initiative, the Landscapes Blog serves as a venue to learn about, share, and discuss topics related to landscape approaches. It seeks to engage leaders in the field, highlight research, present examples of landscape approaches in practice, and contribute to the discussions during major international events and policy processes.
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Becoming Conflict-Smart
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
Posted in Voices from the Field
Tagged Africa, Conflict, Multi-stakeholder, Natural Resources Management
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An African Account of Ecosystem Service Provision
A recent article in the journal Ecosystem Services examines the range of ecosystem services in Africa, the threats to them, and policies to preserve them. It touches on an issue related to Monday’s Landscapes Blog post on sparing land for … Continue reading
Landscape of the Week: Climate Change and Kericho-Mau
Striving for Climate-Smart in the Heart of Kenya’s Tea Landscape In the cool, fertile highlands of the Rift Valley Province in western Kenya, the landscape is dominated by tea. Kenya is the world’s third largest producer and the leading exporter … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Certification, Climate Change, Commodities, Kenya, Landscape Approaches
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Finding the Agriculture-Conservation Nexus in the Democratic Republic of Congo
As the climate change negotiations continued in Doha, one of the overarching themes when including agriculture was how it is in fact possible to achieve synergies between food production and forest cover. This requires a landscape approach to consider how … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape of the Week, Voices from the Field
Tagged Africa, Agricultural Development, Conservation, Forests
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Landscape of the Week: Restoration for Climate Resilience in the Tigray Region
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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Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Climate Change, East Africa, EcoAgriculture Partners, Ethiopia, Water, WFP
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Setting the Stage for Sustainable Cocoa Farming in Ghana
Continuing to look at certifications and more sustainable production of commodity crops in agricultural landscapes, the Landscapes Blog explores cocoa in West Africa today. Kassy Holmes, from the Climate Change Program of Rainforest Alliance, provides insight into an alternative production … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape of the Week
Tagged Africa, agroforestry, Carbon, Certification, Commodities
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