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A laden barge on a river in China

Blue Waters and Green Mountains: Opening A New Era of Integrated Landscape Management in China

Explore how China’s ecological civilization vision is driving Integrated Landscape Management, restoration, and sustainable development.

12 September 2017

By Sara Scherr

One green investment in a landscape of unsustainable projects is not sustainable

At Investment Forum in Rwanda, a new agenda to advance business participation in landscape partnerships

Learn how businesses, investors, governments, and communities can work together to support sustainable landscapes, reduce risks, and promote inclusive green growth.

16 May 2017

By Louis Wertz

Fireworks display

African Landscapes Dialogue was the perfect fifth birthday party for the LPFN

The African Landscapes Dialogue celebrated five years of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative – its achievements, partnerships, and future priorities for advancing ILM.

26 April 2017

By Sara Scherr

Young rural fisherman attend to nets and their boat

Conveners Guide to Build Landscape Coalitions

Conveners Guide to Build Landscape Coalitions from EcoAgriculture Partners and IDH provides landscape leaders with strategies for building effective multi-stakeholder coalitions.

3 April 2017

By EcoAgriculture Partners

An Asian man walks through a field with a hoe over his shoulder

Could the World Economic Forum finally take Integrated Landscape Management mainstream?

This reflection explores the World Economic Forum’s growing interest in landscape approaches and the opportunities-and risks-of scaling them through international business, finance, and policy networks.

8 December 2016

By Sara Scherr

US Election Result infographic

Election reflections: Using tools of collaborative landscape management to bridge the rural-urban divide

Collaborative landscape management can address rural economic challenges, strengthen rural-urban partnerships, and create more resilient communities in a rapidly changing political and environmental landscape.

22 November 2016

By Sara Scherr

Snow capped mountains in the distance and crops in the foreground

Climate action through agricultural landscape management

Climate-smart landscape management helps farmers adapt to climate change while reducing emissions, making it a powerful strategy for sustainable agriculture and resilient rural development.

10 August 2016

By Sara Scherr

The relationship between SDGs and real life

Linking landscapes to UN processes and the SDGs at the High-Level Political Forum

Learn how Integrated Landscape Management supports Sustainable Development Goal implementation by connecting local action, partnerships, and UN policy processes.

21 July 2016

By Catherine Rothacker

papaya farm in Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India

News Release – Landscape partnerships: a path forward for sustainable agribusiness

Business, government, and civil society leaders met in Bellagio to develop an action agenda for scaling landscape partnerships and advancing sustainable agriculture beyond farms and supply chains.

27 June 2016

By EcoAgriculture Partners and IUCN

Mbeya, Tanzania

Uncovering unspoken assumptions about businesses in landscape partnerships

Why do so few landscape initiatives engage businesses? A Bellagio dialogue explored the assumptions, motivations, and opportunities shaping private sector participation in sustainable landscape partnerships.

14 June 2016

By Sara Scherr

Nanyuki municipal market

Food Flows and the Integrated Landscape Approach

Food flow mapping helps guide Integrated Landscape Management by linking agriculture, ecosystems, and sustainable development in Kenya.

17 Sustainable Development Goals to Change the World

On Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships at the UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum

Integrated Landscape Management partnerships can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through collaboration, governance, and shared action.

15 April 2016

By Melissa Thaxton