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Land Restoration equals povery eradication plus job creation plus increased production

Restore landscapes to push ahead on sustainable development, says International Resource Panel

Land restoration has tremendous potential to help the world limit climate change and achieve its aims for sustainable development, according to a new study by the International Resource Panel (IRP).

5 September 2019

By The Editors, EcoAgriculture Partners

EcoAg and IUCN Netherlands representatives

EcoAgriculture Partners and IUCN NL formalize partnership to advance landscape finance

EcoAgriculture Partners and IUCN NL formalize their partnership to advance landscape finance, developing tools and training for sustainable investment worldwide.

26 July 2018

By Louis Wertz

100 and Change Top 200

Cornell-EcoAgriculture proposal one of top 200 in MacArthur Foundation contest

Cornell-EcoAgriculture “Revitalizing Global Soils” initiative became a top 200 finalist in the MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million challenge, advancing solutions for soil restoration, food security, and climate change.

25 April 2017

By EcoAgriculture Partners

Women working their field

My New Year’s Resolution: Inspire and empower the next wave of Landscape Champions

Why landscape champions are essential to sustainable development and how empowering local leaders, farmers, and communities can accelerate Integrated Landscape Management around the world.

3 January 2017

By Sara Scherr

Sugar cane harvesting in Fiji

Sara Shares: In response to The Economist’s “Feeding the Ten Billion”

Sara Scherr challenges the idea that future food security depends on high-tech agricultural innovations alone, arguing that restoring ecosystems and sustainable farming practices are equally essential.

27 June 2016

By Sara Scherr

A history of Eco Agriculture

A History of EcoAgriculture

Explore a decade of EcoAgriculture Partners’ achievements advancing Integrated Landscape Management for people, food, and nature worldwide.

30 January 2016

By Louis Wertz

EcoAg stand at the Global Landscapes Forum COP21

Paris Action: Moving the landscape conversation from awareness to implementation

EcoAgriculture Partners advanced Integrated Landscape Management at COP21, launching new tools, partnerships, and finance solutions for SDGs.

A man launching a drone to survey a landscape

Fly Over a Honduran Smallholder Coffee Farm

A conservation finance program helped Honduran coffee farmers recover from coffee rust while promoting biodiversity and sustainable farming practices.

21 October 2015

By Lee Gross, Louis Wertz

Coffee Farm

New Project: Evaluating the $30 million CAMBio program

EcoAgriculture Partners will be the lead evaluator of a six-year, $30 million GEF/UNDP program implemented in five Central American countries using local bank credit to finance the transition to biodiversity-friendly agriculture and enterprises.

1 September 2015

By Lucila Fernandez

Processing Plant

This September, new research will help East and Southeast Asia “green” commodity agriculture

In a region where accelerated agricultural development led to serious resource degradation, new research shows policymakers for East and Southeast Asia “green” commodity agriculture how to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture.

31 August 2015

By Lucila Fernandez