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Landscape Governance

Mapping out landscape challenges

Educating the next generation of policy, agriculture, and landscape leaders

Sara Scherr explains how Integrated Landscape Management helps policymakers tackle food security, climate change, and sustainable development goals.

18 April 2016

By Lucila Fernandez

Local Community and families busy working the land

Together is better for forest and water management

Integrated Landscape Management in Kenya protects forests and water resources while improving livelihoods, conservation, and climate resilience.

A rice farmer with a radio

On Gender, with Kame Westerman of Conservation International

Gender equality strengthens conservation and development projects by ensuring inclusive decision-making and better community outcomes.

8 March 2016

By Mara Novak, Louis Wertz, Kame Westerman

The Snoqualmie Valley

Food Politics at Play: the Case of Tall Chief

Seattle’s food policy highlights how political culture can shape local food systems, agriculture planning, and sustainable development outcomes.

10 February 2016

By Aiden Irish

Hilly fields of red soil in Rwanda

More than just the land: a discussion of rural women’s equality

Women’s land rights and participation in land-use decisions are essential for sustainable landscapes, conservation, and resilient communities.

2 January 2016

By Rachel Friedman

water-logged land

Seeing the water basins for the trees

Forest management for water and climate requires integrated landscape approaches that consider scale, context, and ecosystem connections.

28 December 2015

By Rachel Friedman

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.

Central Park

Conservation in an urban world

Urban conservation improves water quality, climate resilience, and public health by integrating ecosystem services into city planning.

16 December 2015

By Aiden Irish

A slum in Nairobi, Kenya

Why we can’t all live in cities

Urbanization is not inevitable. Explore why supporting rural communities and sustainable agriculture is vital for resilient food systems.

13 November 2015

By Aiden Irish

Sara Scherr in the field

On SDGs, time for integrated landscape community-of-practice to step up

Integrated Landscape Management can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by linking poverty reduction, conservation, climate action, and resilience.

30 October 2015

By Sara Scherr

Street food in Nepal

Resurrecting the regional in urban and regional planning

Urban and rural areas are deeply connected. Discover why regional planning is essential for sustainable food systems and resilient communities.

29 October 2015

By Aiden Irish

Organic Agriculture Sign

Tablet in Hand and Drone in the Sky, EcoAg Evaluates On-farm Conservation in Honduras

Tablet-based surveys sought to understand what access to capital meant to coffee farmers in Ocotepeque, for their livelihoods, production practices, and agricultural production and forest protection linkage comprehension.

20 October 2015

By Lee Gross