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Cabbage crops in Phu Thap Buek in Phetchabun, Thailand

2022: A Year of Advancing Landscape Thinking and Action

EcoAgriculture Partners accomplished so much this year, yet a great deal of work still needs to be done towards advancing landscape thinking and action.

23 December 2022

By Brianna Van Matre

Biodiverse Landscape

Every Sector has a Role to Play in Conserving Biodiversity. EcoAgriculture Partners will Continue to Convene Influential Initiatives at COP 15.

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and National Biodiversity Finance Plans development will consider all sector roles in conserving biodiversity.

Dry cracked earth

COP 27 Outcomes Highlight Need for Expanding Resources to Help Landscape Leaders Scale Climate Action

EcoAgriculture Partners participated alongside global partners to share tools and resources supporting locally-led, nature-based and landscape approaches to scale climate action and resilience.

23 November 2022

By EcoAgriculture Partners

Varied crops in a valley

Mexico Launches Unique Declaration Promoting Leadership by Landscape Partnerships and Local Governments to Fight Climate Change, Blunt Biodiversity Loss and Benefit Communities

Climate Action to Recover Mexico’s Natural Heritage: promoting regenerative management actions and solutions.

Mountain Range, biodiverse agricultural land and Forests

EcoAgriculture Partners Once Again Brings Strong Presence to UN Climate Convention

Global leaders and experts meet at the UN climate convention’s COP27 to discuss how to accelerate global climate action through reducing emissions, expanding adaptation efforts and mobilizing finance.

Aerial view of lush farmland in Banten, Indonesia with vibrant greenery and water

Solving Global Sustainability Challenges Requires Policy Support for Landscape Partnerships

Landscape partnerships need policy support and can advance policy goals, landscape-scale biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development.

Farmers discuss solutions to sustainable landscape management in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Build better carbon markets to tackle climate change. A conversation with leading scientist and EcoAg Board Member Ruth Defries

An article published in the journal Science asserts that voluntary carbon markets, trading in credits to counterbalance climate change-inducing carbon dioxide, fail to maximize the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions they could offset.

11 October 2022

By EcoAgriculture Partners

landscape with crops and windbreakers

Transforming the Future of Food Systems: Experts Explore How Landscape Partnerships and Territorial Approaches Can Drive Agroecological Change

World leaders at COP United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, looked at how to drive agroecological change.

5 August 2022

By EcoAgriculture Partners

A bee on a flower in an orchard

Landscape Partnerships Provide Powerful Tools To Help Countries Attain Sustainable Development Goals, Expert Panel Says

To address the world’s crises on climate, biodiversity and livelihoods, nations and international organizations are launching major policy initiatives and landscape partnerships.

Greenhouse in Sierra Gorda

A Landscape By Any Other Name

ILM: Different Names, Same Goals: Landscape restoration, Agricultural landscape mosaic, Agroecology, Biodiverse agricultural landscape, Climate-smart agricultural landscape

4 January 2022

By Sara Scherr

Hilly Landscape, with varied crops

Natural Climate Solutions in Landscapes Help Communities Mitigate Impacts, Expert Panel Says

During a roundtable on Connecting Natural Climate Solutions with Integrated Landscape Management, panelists laid out their foundational work on NCS.

2 November 2021

By Juan Ramos

Greenhouse in Sierra Gorda

Celebrando a la Alianza Sierra Gorda de México y a los Ganadores del Equator Prize 2021

Este compromiso ha hecho que el Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP sea reconocido con uno de los principales premios a la sostenibilidad: el Equator Prize del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD).

1 September 2021

By Juan Ramos