November 19, 2020
1000 Landscapes Workshop on Transforming the Financial System for Investment in Sustainable Landscapes
One of the objectives of 1000 Landscapes for a Billion People (1000L) is to increase financial flows to support the essential work of landscape partnerships and regenerative investments across the world. A key milestone in the design research of 1000L was a workshop held virtually on November 5th on ´Transforming the …
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October 29, 2020
Celebrating the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) initiative, 2011-2020
Manon KoningsteinEcoAgriculture Partners Tom Derr Sara ScherrEcoAgriculture Partners
On October 8th we celebrated the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) initiative, which is wrapping up after nearly 10 years. The initiative, which began in 2011, has fully achieved its goal of advancing integrated landscape management (ILM) as a means to improve food production, ecosystem conservation and sus…
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October 22, 2020
Meet Jamie MacDonald: the newest addition to the EcoAgriculture Partners team
Manon KoningsteinEcoAgriculture Partners
Jamie is our newest Program Intern. Recently returned to the US after 6.5 years in Nepal, Jamie is now pursuing a Master of Professional Studies in Global Development at Cornell University. During his internship, he will be assisting EcoAgriculture Partners with the coordination of a pilot ILM project in three district…
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October 5, 2020
EcoAgriculture Partners congratulates the ten winners of the Equator Prize 2020
Manon KoningsteinEcoAgriculture Partners
EcoAgriculture Partners is proud to be a partner of the Equator Initiative. This Initiative of the UN Development Programme brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses and grassroots organizations to recognize and advance local, sustainable development solutions for people, nature and res…
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September 28, 2020
Meet Zoe Barr: the newest addition to the EcoAgriculture Partner´s team
Manon KoningsteinEcoAgriculture Partners Zoe BarrEcoAgriculture Partners
Zoe Barr is EcoAgriculture’s newest Project Intern. With a degree from Cornell University and a special interest in integrating agroforestry into conservation incentivization schemes such as REDD+ and other green initiatives, she will be a real added value to the team. She mentions that she is particularly excited to…
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September 24, 2020
What we´re reading: The Other Way COVID Will Kill: Hunger
Manon KoningsteinEcoAgriculture Partners
A recently published article in the New York Times: ´The other way COVID will kill: Hunger´, Peter Goodman and colleagues give examples of how this pandemic has led to more than a quarter of a billion people worldwide facing life-threatening levels of food insecurity (according to the United Nations World Food Progra…
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