Tag Archives: Investment

Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

Landscapes can provide a range of natural benefits, from clean water to carbon sequestration, but often people don’t have the right incentives to manage their lands to maintain these services. Gabrielle Kissinger (Lexeme Consulting) and Henry Neufeldt (World Agroforestry Centre) … Continue reading →

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Choosing Short-Cut Development Over Rights and Equality?

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

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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State of Watershed Payments

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

“Water, like its flow through the physical landscape, touches almost every sector of society and aspect of human life.” – State of Watershed Payments 2012 Last week the Landscapes Blog highlighted some work at the World Resources Institute on promoting … Continue reading →

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Investing in the Future of Food and Agriculture

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

Every year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produces a report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA). This year the theme, Investing in Agriculture for a Better Future, follows closely with the elevated level of … Continue reading →

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A Climate-Smart Guide to Investment

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

In addition to the challenges of crafting policy to support climate-smart agricultural landscapes, those related to investment and the financial challenges of dealing with climate change have received considerable attention of late, and will be a major topic of discussion … Continue reading →

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The Way Forward for Responsible Agricultural Investments

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

Considerable financial resources will be necessary to feed a growing global population, meet the needs of changing diets, and deal with natural resources and climatic challenges (see our post on climate-smart agriculture financing). According to FAO estimates, US$83 billion a … Continue reading →

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