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Landscape Governance

Stacks of coins with seedlings growing on top of them

A new report from EcoAgriculture Partners reviews models of integrated landscape finance

1000 Landscapes for One Billion People has published a pioneering report detailing models of financial mechanisms that can enable integrated, landscape-scale transformations.

18 August 2020

By Seth Shames

People holding different types of grain

Strategies for more sustainable food systems: the European Union adopts a Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy

The European Commission published two important strategies that are key components of the European Green Deal and that will guide the European Union towards more sustainable food systems over the next decade.

2 June 2020

By Emile Frison

Agricultural land with wind breaks set-up around a river system

Linking Territorial Development and Integrated Landscape Management

Linking Territorial Development and Integrated Landscape Management at a Round Table on Territorial Perspectives for Development by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners.

12 May 2020

By Tom Derr

An insect pupae hangs from a leaf

The contribution of Integrated Landscape Management to the post-2020 Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity: Recommendations for policymakers from the African Landscapes Dialogue in Arusha.

3 March 2020

By John Ajjugo, John Kamanga, Sam Kanyamibwa, Sara Scherr

A man holds up saplings from a rural nursery

The African Landscapes Dialogue highlights the central role of Local Landscape Champions

A discussion of Landscape Convening and Governance, the first in a series addressing different thematic discussions that took place during the African Landscapes Dialogue.

3 February 2020

By EcoAgriculture Partners

Looking back on 2019

Highlights of 2019! Announcing the 4 winners of the Bridge Spark Fund

2019 brought an explosion of action globally to use Integrated Landscape Management (ILM), as a means to implement the Sustainable Development Goals building on local values and priorities.

A butterfly has come to rest on the hand of a person in a garden

5 Reasons Why ILM = Insect-Loving Management

The many ways in which Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) can help make agriculture better for people and nature, including by being an insect-Loving management approach.

22 April 2019

By Eghosa Asemota, Louis Wertz

Wasp on flowers

5 facts about agriculture and the insect collapse

We need insects to feed ourselves, but conventional agriculture is driving them to extinction. Read what you can do about insect collapse.

Daina, the District Agriculture Officer (DAICO), explaining the challenges farmers are facing due to climate change

Empowering regional and district level planners to address climate change threats to agriculture

Collaborative planning, including grassroots-level stakeholders, to address climate change threats to agriculture, creates a sense of ownership in plan implementation.

28 March 2019

By EcoAgriculture Partners

An example of agroforestry and mixed crops

The Potential and Promise of Agroforestry Landscapes

As a regenerative approach (to arable land degradation) consistent with the broader principles of agroecology, agroforestry landscapes are a foundational piece of this approach.

21 March 2019

By Louise Buck, Eghosa Asemota

Farmer checking the health of crops

Responding to EAT-Lancet: There’s no Great Food Transformation without farmers

Initial steps towards a Great Food Transformation are being driven by the creativity and ingenuity of farmers.

15 March 2019

By Sara Scherr

Women pulling weeds, one has a baby sleeping on her back

Responding to EAT-Lancet: Local challenges and solutions need to be in the analysis too

Global perspective provides useful view of problematic trends, but understates local challenges and over-emphasizes top-down solutions.

12 March 2019

By Sara Scherr