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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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Money Does Grow on Trees: Why Sustainability is Good for Business
In an increasingly globalized environment, the impact that worldwide trends have on businesses has never been greater. Over the past decade, rising prices for land and energy have cut into businesses’ bottom-line, making current business procedures unsustainable for the long term. … Continue reading →
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Payment for Watershed Services: A Win-Win Strategy for Climate Change and Development?
Happy World Water Day! Celebrating the 20th anniversary, the day is observed annually to focus attention on sustainable management of freshwater resources. Agriculture is also a critical piece of the puzzle, both relying heavily on rainfall or irrigation for production … Continue reading →
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Posted in Staying Current, Voices from the Field
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Tagged Ecosystem Services, Events, Water, Watershed
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Choosing Short-Cut Development Over Rights and Equality?
Clear land tenure and rights to natural resources are generally prerequisites to successfully implementing integrated landscape approaches, in which these structures enable a long-term view of managing land to sustain people and nature. As the week comes to a close, Alexandre … Continue reading →
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Tagged Community, Events, Indigenous Peoples, Investment, Sustainable Development, Tenure
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A Meeting of Indigenous Knowledge
Increasing recognition of the importance of traditional knowledge in the management of land and natural resources has prompted various gatherings of indigenous peoples from around the world at high-level meetings and international conferences. Next week, the International Fund for Agricultural … Continue reading →
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Forests and Food: Thoughts on Our Fear of Working Together
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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Tagged Agriculture, agroforestry, Events, Forests, Landscape Approaches, Multifunctional Landscapes
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Not for the Carbon: Re-thinking Climate Finance for Farmers
As the Landscapes Blog has highlighted topics related to climate change and agriculture, the issue of funding has surfaced a number of times, including a post at the beginning of the month on Navigating Finance for the Farmer. Landscapes Initiative Co-Organizer, The … Continue reading →
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Navigating Finance for the Farmer
Funding is always a prominent topic of discussion, and often a sensitive issue at such international gatherings as the UNFCCC COP18. Commitments made by member countries usually have some financial strings attached, and the question is largely ‘who will pay, … Continue reading →
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A Voice for Agriculture
“No agriculture, no deal” was the mantra coming out the fifth Agriculture, Landscapes, and Livelihoods (ALL, formerly Agriculture and Rural Development) Day on Monday. Yet it appears as though the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) will not make any sort of recommendation … Continue reading →
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Bringing the Community to Carbon
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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Tagged Adaptation, agroforestry, Climate Change, Community, Community-Based Management, Events, Forests, Mitigation
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Starting Out Climate-Smart
Day 3 of COP18 is well underway, and there are plenty of events related to agriculture on the horizon. Yesterday, a joint event held by FAO, IFAD, and WFP commenced the discussion, attempting to tease out answers to three questions … Continue reading →
