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Landscape Governance

A presentation on Agri-environmental Policies

Talking Agri-Environmental Policy in East and Southeast Asia

A diverse array of stories emerging from a call for integrated land management projects illuminated various entry points for government to augment efforts to address agri-environmental issues.

22 September 2015

By Lucila Fernandez

Steps toward Green covers

Stepping Asia Towards a Greener Future

A new book from EcoAgriculture and the World Bank will help East and Southeast Asian policymakers make agricultural sustainability a national reality for a greener future.

17 September 2015

By Lucila Fernandez, Louis Wertz

17 Sustainable Development Goals to Change the World

Sustainable Development Goal 0.0 – Rethinking Development

Before we are to begin checking off all of the to-do items on the SDG list, we need to add a new goal before the other 17; SDG 0.0 – fundamentally change the way we approach development.

16 September 2015

By Aiden Irish

peanut farming in progress

In Vietnam, Landscape Approach Brings Stakeholders Together to Address Climate Change

In Vietnam, somewhere between the aspirations of farmers and the goals of the national government lies an opportunity to implement the landscape approach and address climate change.

5 September 2015

By EcoAgriculture Partners

A handful of soil

Raising the Soil Profile

Soil is the “great connector of our lives,” but we’re treating it like dirt. Soil management starts within communities and locally supportive soil conservation work.

5 September 2015

By Aiden Irish

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

Thai rice terraces

Roles Policymakers Can Play to Green Commodity Agriculture

The Steps Toward Green book is a tool for policymakers to learn how roles have been implemented in practice, and how specific policy instruments can be applied on a case-by-case basis to green commodity agriculture.

19 August 2015

By Lucila Fernandez