Tag Archives: Community-Based Management

Retrospective on Forest Strategy

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

Earlier this week we highlighted the many functions  trees and forests serve within agricultural landscapes, contributing both to the well-being of people and the health of the ecosystems. Of course, the how of protecting and integrating trees and wooded habitats in landscapes … Continue reading →

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Landscape of the Week: Farmers of the Caribbean

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

Implementation of Sustainable Farming Practices in Trinidad’s Northern Range Communities In the hillsides of Trinidad’s Northern Range, smallholder subsistence farming systems dominate the landscape. Pushed to this frontier by escalating pressure on low-lying agriculture lands from more urban development and … Continue reading →

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An African Account of Ecosystem Service Provision

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

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 →

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Bringing the Community to Carbon

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

It’s all about the institutions. That message came through strongly yesterday at an event on engaging communities in sustainable landscapes held by Rainforest Alliance and The Center for Peoples and Forests (RECOFTC). Honing in on how to advance adaptation and … Continue reading →

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Living with the Trees of Life

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

Trees, a topic never too far from discussions on climate change mitigation, are also important features in agricultural landscapes. As we move from the food security and development events of the past couple of months, and into the period around … Continue reading →

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The Power of Local Action

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

Over the past two weeks in Hyderabad at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Development Programme Equator Initiative has highlighted representatives from 20 case studies, culminating in a launch event on Tuesday for a database and lessons learned report. … Continue reading →

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Promoting Resilient, Adaptive, and Sustainable Agricultural Practices in India

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

The Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) is promoting a new Crop System Intensification agenda. The agenda demonstrates the significance of promoting sustainable agricultural practices and protecting resources through a community and farmer based approach.  WOTR recognizes that managing food security and sustaining … Continue reading →

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Landscape of the Week: Humbo, Ethiopia

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

Restoring a Forest Regreening initiatives are striving to combat or even reverse land degradation in the arid Sahelian region of Africa. This tactic is reaching significant scale, with benefits not only to the environment, but also for agricultural production and … Continue reading →

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Private vs. Communal Land Ownership for Landscape Management

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

A story from the Blue Nile Basin, in the Ethiopian Highlands By Catherine Pfeifer, Post-Doctoral Scientist International Livestock Research Institute and International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Landscapes in the Ethiopian highlands are mainly shaped by rainfed agriculture. The … Continue reading →

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Community Action for Food Security and Resilience

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

By Deborah Hines, Representative of the UN World Food Programme in Ecuador and Catherine Zanev, Policy Officer, Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Office World Food Programme, Rome, Italy Nearly half of the communities in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador … Continue reading →

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