Past Events

As part of the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, this high-level event — organized by the 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People initiative’s Landscape Finance Solutions — will discuss findings from extensive consultations with landscape financiers and serve as a survey of practice in landscape finance action. This event will showcase innovative new approaches to landscape-scale finance, from both the ‘demand’ side of landscape partnerships increasing capacity to build investable ‘portfolios’ of landscape investments, and from the ‘supply’ side of what innovative financiers are developing now.

Join us for the next Landscape Roundtable convened by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners to discuss landscape partnerships in the context of the United Food System Summit (UNFSS). The UNFSS is currently selecting “game-changing solutions” to receive global support and mobilization to transform food systems inclusively. Partners of the 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People initiative have proposed a “game-changing solution” to institutionalize support to “Strengthen Landscape Partnerships” as a means to promote nature-positive production, resilience, sustainable development and human rights around the world. 

This event is part of the High-level Opening Ceremony of the International Day of Forests organized by the FAO. Agenda for the Technical Session B Objectives of the Session and Agenda Moderator: Sara Scherr, President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Introduction and Content – Making the most of available finance for the benefit of FLR – Presentation […]

Join us for the next High-Level Landscape Dialogue convened by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners on Integrated Landscape Strategies to Reach Post-2020 Biodiversity Conservation Goals

INVITATION ONLY: REGISTRATION CLOSED   A collaborative workshop among innovators in landscape finance The 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People initiative (1000 Landscapes) is a collaborative of dozens of organizations worldwide to strengthen integrated landscape action to ensure food and water security, sustainable livelihoods, healthy ecosystems, climate resilience and democratic governance.  Such landscape transformation strategies […]

Online only via Zoom (follow this link to register) Join us for the next Landscape Roundtable convened by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners discussing Phase 3 of the African Landscape Action Plan (ALAP), which lays out a strategy for achieving sustainable development in Africa through integrated landscape management (ILM). African leaders of the November 2019 African […]

Online only via Zoom (follow this link to register: https://fao.zoom.us/j/153171180) Join us for the next Landscape Roundtable put on by FAO and EcoAgriculture to hear about the most recent developments on territorial perspectives for development and their links with integrated landscape management. Register for the event here or follow the link above.  Territorial approaches to […]

Join FAO and EcoAgriculture for a lively debate and participatory discussion with leading experts who have been studying and promoting wild biodiversity conservation, agrobiodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration through landscape approaches. Help us define the messages and actions we should be bringing to both the biodiversity and the landscape communities in 2020.

Join us as we work together to strengthen grassroots capacity for locally-led landscape-level sustainable rural development in Africa.

Join us on our roundtable to explore and discuss different models of integrated landscape investment. 

Viewing the earth as the source, not a resource, we will expand ourselves as an enriched community of stakeholders in regenerative action, exploring how to raise consumer understanding and move toward a diverse and inclusive economy that accelerates collaboration, transparency and urgency to heal our earth and ourselves.

Climate Week in New York is packed with meetings and announcements associated with United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. There will be a lot to digest. Our roundtable will review the most significant events related to landscapes and allow a space for us to figure out to most effectively build on this energy.

Advancing learning about innovative models of landscape investment and finance to help unlock the potential for integrated landscape initiatives in the U.S. and Canada.

Thousands will gather in New Delhi from around the world to unlock opportunities for land restoration and averted degradation Families and communities are breaking up, losing their homes and sources of livelihoods, often from single instances of droughts, flashfloods and forest fires. These negative impacts of unpredictable and extreme climatic conditions are now recurrent, more […]

Join our side event to share your insights from existing scaling strategies and initiatives, barriers to broader adaptation and effectiveness of locally-led landscape partnerships, and experience from your own country or organization. Learn more about joining our radical collaboration.

Towards a Rights-led Transformation of Sustainability On 22-23 June 2019, stakeholders and audiences from across the world will come together in Bonn to zoom in on the transformative role of rights and rights-based approaches for securing a more just, sustainable and prosperous future for all. GLF Bonn 2019 will explore the essential contributions of Indigenous […]

Amidst mounting challenges posed by climate change, with the urgency for action being ramped up by senior scientists and young students alike, we need to look to and amplify the solutions in our midst.

Join us to catch up on and share the most recent developments affecting the implementation and advancement of climate smart landscapes around the world. Amidst mounting challenges posed by climate change, we are asked to do more in terms of mitigation and adaptation with fewer resources. Addressing these challenges is made more difficult by a […]

So much is changing, and needs to change, to make U.S. agriculture climate smart. Join this discussion to hear, and share, the latest developments.

EcoAgriculture is co-organizing, together with LPFN partners, this non-stop program and locale at the upcoming Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany. Throughout 1-2 December, highly interactive mini-workshops are waiting for you at the Pavilion. Fear not long monologues and slide decks, as these sessions are all about building relationships and sharing knowledge together. You will hear […]

Actors from across a wide diversity of sectors, backgrounds and countries will come together at GLF Bonn 2018 to explore how to move from commitments and pledges on sustainable landscapes to implementation.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has teamed up with the WWF Landscape Finance Lab (LFL) to present a webinar and learning forum examining how finance can be directed for the benefit of local stakeholders engaged in Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR).

Building on the engaging discussion forum hosted by The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative at GLF Nairobi on “Engaging the Private Sector in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Cases from the African Landscapes Action Plan”, this digital summit will share additional examples from new geographies, new voices, and new insights to this important topic.

This regional conference will focus on the coordination and promotion of international, national and private sector support for forest and landscape restoration, while paving the way forward for forest and landscape restoration implementation.

This session will focus on how to mobilize private sector partners, from investors (financial firms) to agribusinesses (large and small), in multi-stakeholder partnerships for integrated landscape management. Engaging the private sector is a key action area within the African Landscapes Action Plan (ALAP), which, like AFR100, contributes to the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI). Our panel […]

Iniciativa regional de intercambio de conocimientos entre los líderes en el manejo integrado de los paisajes en Mesoamérica | Regional knowledge-sharing initiative among leaders of integrated landscape management in Mesoamerica

Exploring innovative approaches to land governance and property rights in integrated landscape management As integrated landscape management gains momentum as a vehicle through which diverse conservation and sustainable development goals may be realized through multi-stakeholder collaboration in particular places, attention is turning to critical issues around land governance and property rights. Questions arise regarding how […]

A panel of eminent experts will raise key issues in current global capital allocation, pinpoint barriers to shifting that capital to support landscape restoration and regeneration, and highlight the innovative and creative responses of some in the finance industry and elsewhere to overcome those barriers.

How can we scale up the application of agroecology? What is the role of agroecology in integrated landscape initiatives? In the context of a rapidly growing human population, intensified pressures on natural resources, and the insecurity posed by the effects of climate change, our global food system is being challenged to provide more equitable access […]

To help you get the most out of our new Landscape Investment and Finance Toolkit (LIFT), we’re offering an introductory webinar about the toolkit, featuring Seth Shames, co-creator of the toolkit and Director of Policy and Markets at EcoAgriculture Partners, and Jan Willem den Besten, co-creator of the toolkit and Senior Manager at IUCN Netherlands. […]

IPFRI Policy Seminar, featuring EcoAgriculture Partners’ President Sara Scherr Co-organized by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC); IFPRI; and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets Speakers Karen Macours, Professor, Paris School of Economics and Chair, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the ISPC Sara Scherr, President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners James Stevenson, Agricultural […]

View a recap Our sectorally-siloed policy model is no longer working to address today’s challenges for food systems, biodiversity, water, energy, climate, infrastructure and sustainable economies. We must look instead towards integrated, long-term strategies of landscape transformation. Come hear the thought-provoking perspectives and policy insights of Paula Caballero, now Global Director for Climate at World Resources […]

International conference: “Living territories for sustainable development” What are the benefits of a territorial approach to agricultural production, agri-chain regulation, services provision? What is the role of community-based actions in the provision of new rules, norms and acts towards territorial development? Are they helpful in addressing conflict resolution and strengthening regulation? How to conceive and […]

Join and connect at the world’s largest platform for integrated land use involving all sectors and stakeholders. The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) aspires to create a movement of 1 billion people around sustainable landscapes. By acting together, we can do it.

Join us at the Inclusive Landscapes Finance Pavilion throughout GLF for engaging discussions on all aspects of landscapes finance.

Hunger is on the rise: nutrition needs whole systems solutions.

Last month at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and earlier this summer at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, leaders from around the world gathered at the United Nations in New York to review progress and lay out plans for the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What are […]

Take your leadership skills in integrated landscape approaches to sustainable development, agriculture and climate change to the next level during three intense and rewarding days with EcoAgriculture Partners’ expert trainers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. Become a leader in landscape management. Develop the competencies and confidence to start and manage […]

What challenges do businesses face in joining landscape partnerships, and what opportunities do these partnerships provide? Come discuss with us over coffee and a light breakfast in Washington, DC.

A Workshop on the Margins of the UN High Level Political Forum – New York, July 2017

Unleashing business opportunities for sustainable landscapes The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda (MINIRENA), the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), and Rwanda’s Green Fund (FONERWA), is delighted to convene the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum […]

Take your leadership skills in integrated landscape approaches to sustainable development, agriculture and climate change to the next level during three intense and rewarding days with EcoAgriculture Partners’ expert trainers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

Increasing urbanization poses complex challenges related to food security and access, poverty, nutrition, natural resource management, and health, within both rural and urban areas. City region food systems are vital for strengthening urban-rural linkages and can provide a channel through which these issues can be addressed at a subnational level. How is integrated landscape management […]

All those working to achieve sustainable development and climate resilience in Africa, please join us for this vital knowledge-sharing event.

Come learn about the latest developments from Marrakesh and discuss how they might impact integrated agricultural landscape management in the future.

Speakers from the financial world will discuss innovations in finance and how they fit in with biodiversity and speakers from the biodiversity world discuss bankable biodiversity models, ecoagriculture and natural capital accounting.

Senior Manager Lee Gross will be among the experienced group of speakers at this two day event produced by the Innovation Forum at the Pew Conference Center in Washington, DC. Innovation Forum summarizes: “this multi-stakeholder conference will address the major risks for smallholder farmers across agricultural sectors, and focus on how to create scalable solutions to […]

Gain the skills to design and implement the next generation of integrated natural resource management programs.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released six regional reports containing detailed examinations of the environmental issues affecting each of the world’s regions: North America, the Pan-European region, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa. Together, these comprehensive assessments will provide the foundation for the sixth iteration of […]

A three day conference exploring the Sustainable Development Goals.

An invitation-only gathering of a group of food and agriculture business and sustainability leaders to explore effective collaborations in production landscapes.

Webinar presented by former EcoAg researcher Dr. Louise Willemen will highlight Spatial Planning and Monitoring Guide

SID-W will host a moderated and broad based discussion of 4 important questions about the uptake of climate-smart agriculture with the contributions of several discussants/resource people.

In commemoration of World Earth Month, a panel of experts will discuss specific SDGs, such as water and health; regional perspectives and how they can be accomplished in the 2030 timeframe; and the role of the public and private sectors.

SAIS Global Issues in Agriculture Seminar Series presents Dr. Sara Scherr, President of EcoAgriculture Partners on “Land Management Policy in Developing Countries”.

Scaling Up Responsible Land Governance The 17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty took place March 14 to 18, 2016 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. The conference theme of Scaling up Responsible Land Governance paid special attention to working at scale, mainstreaming innovations and sustaining investments for greater impact. EcoAg project manager Krista […]

The 3rd event in our series of Washington, DC roundtables on policy for integrated agricultural landscape management with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Please join EcoAgriculture Partners and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the third event in our series of Washington, DC roundtables on policy […]

France will host the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris from November 30 to December 11 to reach an agreement that will put the world on track to limit global warming to 1.5° or 2° C. Our capacity to feed 9.5 billion people in 2050 in a context of climate change will depend on our […]

in the tea industry? Interested in agricultural commodity sustainability? Join this online session to find out how a landscapes approach works and what it means for you.

Decision-makers from 195 member states will attend COP12 to discuss solutions to issues related to desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD).

At this October’s COP12 meeting, there will be a morning series on ecosystem and landscape approaches to relieving, and reversing land degradation in dry, forested areas. On October 14th, EcoAgriculture Partners and the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative will speak to financing landscape approaches. These meetings are available to those are present in the UNCCD COP12 meeting.

This event aims to deliver state-of-the-art analysis, inspiring visions and innovative methods arising from research in a wide range of disciplines on achieving global food security whilst reconciling demands on the environment.

Natural capital (biodiversity and ecosystems is at the center of all environmental and business operations around the world. This forum is designed to initiate a constructive dialogue concerning the value of natural capital and inclusive sustainable development in African countries.

EcoAgriculture Partners President Sara Scherr will join the Artisans of the Grasslands Conference. Sara will draw on her expertise in agricultural economics and years of experience communicating the value and importance of sustainable agricultural systems to contribute to this important conversation about how to advance regenerative agriculture in grassland ecosystems.

Launching the book Steps Toward Green, a collaborative study on agricultural commodity landscapes and environmental policy in East and Southeast Asia, with a presentation by two of the co-authors Steven Jaffee (World Bank) and Sara Scherr (EcoAgriculture Partners), and a panel of eminent reviewers, followed by audience discussion.

Talking about Forests in Durban, South Africa The major themes of the XIV World Forestry Congress (WFC), 7-11 September 2015, are: People-centred forestry Socioeconomic issues  Forests and forestry in national economic development. Convened by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and hosted in Durban by the Government of South Africa, the Congress will […]

The first in a TerrAfrica-NEPAD Webinar Knowledge Exchange Series on Sustainable Land Management.

Without integration and coordination, finance for sustainable development will miss the mark. Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) – an approach in which a group of stakeholders in a given landscape collaborate to achieve landscape scale outcomes that are critical for each of the individual stakeholders – is the key to that coordination at the most effective scale.

A two-day invitation-only event designed to convene the world’s leading thinkers, experts from investment banks, development banks, pension funds and corporate entities with senior government officials, to create hub for knowledge exchange around innovative solutions to finance.

Bringing together leaders from the learning landscapes in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania to exchange knowledge and experiences on integrated landscape management (ILM) and to learn about tools to enhance their implementation of ILM.

In the second in the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature-led series of Kenya landscape dialogues, landscape leaders gather to report back on lessons learned since the last meeting and focus on building a shared agenda for the future of the Kenya Learning Landscape Network.

Leading minds from African government, research, civil society and the private sector will gather in Nairobi to generate an ambitious agenda to enhance and scale effective integrated landscape initiatives for Africa.

With the SDGs on the world stage, integrated landscapes is being positioned as an effective strategy for their implementation. There’s many integrated landscapes forming around the world and investors interested in financing these efforts, but financing is not always aligned. Join President Sara Scherr and Policy and Markets Director Seth Shames in a conversation in how to connect investors with stakeholders, and generate the highest social and environmental outcomes in a landscape.

The world’s cities are growing, and so is food insecurity. There is a dire need to build food systems where farmlands are connected to markets in local cities. This symposium discusses strategies to bridge the gap from rural-urban areas to build food security in the urban world.

Join us for the next Landscape Roundtable convened by FAO and EcoAgriculture Partners to reflect upon the achievements and lessons learned from the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) initiative, which began in 2012 and officially closes this year. The LPFN initiative has been an international collaboration of knowledge sharing, dialogue and action to support integrated landscape management in order to achieve three simultaneous goals: improved food production, ecosystem conservation and sustainable livelihoods.