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Businesses and the Landscape Approach: Achieving Real Sustainability

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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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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The Financing Landscape for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Discussions this week at the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change are highlighting the importance of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts to be integrated into agricultural development strategies. As a consensus seems to be forming around … Continue reading

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Metrics for Biodiversity

By Lee Gross, Project Manager for Markets and Biodiversity EcoAgriculture Partners, Washington DC, USA How do we know we are having an impact? This is a critical question posed by resource managers, businesses, and policy-makers worldwide. Fundamental to answering this … Continue reading

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Landscapes for People, Food and Nature: Introducing our Blog

By Dr. Sara J. Scherr, President EcoAgriculture Partners, Washington, DC, USA I worked for 25 years as an agricultural economist in tropical rainforests and hillsides, studying sustainable agricultural development in what were then called “marginal lands” for farming. I was … Continue reading

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