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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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Tag Archives: Research
Policy in the Forest-Agriculture Mosaic: REDD+
One size doesn’t usually fit all. And the case of reducing deforestation and forest degradation is no different. While agriculture is often viewed as a driver of deforestation, context is key for developing policies to maintain ecosystem benefits within a … Continue reading
Fostering Farmer-driven Innovation: Creating Opportunities for Sustainability
By Fiona McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia. In the last two posts the Landscapes Blog looked at what is needed for transitions to more integrated and sustainable systems of agricultural production, in both an industrialized and developing nation context. These … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the Evidence
Tagged Australia, Monitoring, Natural Resources Management, Publications, Research
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Diversified Farming Systems for Ecosystem Services
One of the primary objectives in landscape approaches to management is the protection of multiple ecosystem services. Last week researchers from the World Agroforestry Centre provided lessons on how adopting a landscape scale can improve incentives to manage land for … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the Evidence
Tagged Ecosystem Services, Multifunctional Landscapes, Research
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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
Peak Farmland: The End of Agricultural Expansion?
We’ve heard of the imminent peak oil, peak water, and in some circles even peak soil. Now researchers at the Rockefeller University in New York say that we may have reached peak farmland. This is not to say that the … Continue reading
Modeling for Agrobiodiversity
Yesterday was Terra Madre Day, which celebrates local food traditions and agrobiodiversity. Today, the Landscapes Blog explores an example of this in practices. Landscapes Initiative Co-Organizer, Bioversity International discusses new research on how to support farmers and local institutions in … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the Evidence
Tagged Agrobiodiversity, Bioversity International, Crops, Research, Tools
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A Frank Look at Forests, Agriculture, and Carbon
As the Landscapes Blog digs deeper into the role of agricultural landscapes in climate change mitigation and adaptation this month, it is important to consider the many facets of the issue. Last week, the Blog considered the concepts of agroforestry … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the Evidence
Tagged CIFOR, Climate Change, Forests, Mitigation, Research
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Landscape of the Week: The scattered fruit tree meadows of the Swabian Alb
Kathrin Trommler, Project Coordinator with the Ecosystem Services Research Group, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, provides a look into one European agricultural landscape with deep historical roots. Representing a slightly different type of agrobiodiversity than the field crops usually discussed, this diversity of fruit … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape of the Week
Tagged Agrobiodiversity, agroforestry, Biodiversity, Culture, Multifunctional Landscapes, Research, Trees
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