Learning and Leadership Development
Strengthening capacities of leaders and organizations for systemic transformation on the ground
About this work
We work alongside local leaders and organizations to strengthen their ability to guide collaborative landscape efforts where multiple stakeholders must work together across sectors and interests.
Through training, peer learning, mentoring, and practical guidance, we support landscape actors to coordinate action, manage trade-offs, and move from planning to implementation within a shared landscape.
Our core expertise includes:
Developing and delivering leadership development and training programs on landscape approaches for diverse audiences
Facilitating peer learning and communities of practice
Providing hands-on mentoring and coaching
Building facilitation skills for convening and problem-solving
Providing practical tools for collaborative planning and governance
Delivering introductory sessions for NGOs and businesses on
landscape approaches
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Forest Leaders for Integrated
Landscape Management
Strengthening the capacity of local leaders to improve resilience in their respective Model Forests through Integrated Landscape Management.
PROGRAM
Accelerating Regenerative Landscapes with Heifer International
EcoAg worked with Heifer International teams in Latin America and Asia to strengthen a landscape and food systems perspective across their programs.
PROGRAM
Strengthening Capacity for Integrated Landscape Management Within Food Systems
In collaboration with Rikolto International, we delivered a tailored training program in Latin America and Africa using a mix of virtual and in-person workshops, supported by ongoing advisory and reflection sessions along with learning material.
Related Resources and Articles
Structure, Trust, and Shared Direction: Leadership Lessons from Latin America’s Model Forests
Latin America Model Forest Network leaders gathered for the opening workshop of the Forest Leaders for Integrated Landscape Management program
Gestión de Conflictos en el contexto de la Gestión Integrada del Paisaje Fundamentos y orientaciones para la práctica
Este módulo de aprendizaje tiene como propósito proporcionar al facilitador una comprensión sólida de la gestión del conflicto en el marco de la Gestión Integral del Paisaje.
Climate Change and Family Farming in the Pantanal region of South America
This report analyzes climate change impacts on rural communities and adaptation strategies they have adopted to strengthen socio-ecological resilience.
Liderazgo femenino en paisajes forestales para la Gestión Integrada del Paisaje (GIP)
Identificam-se líderes femininas naturais, carismáticas e democráticas, que se expressam principalmente em espaços comunitários e informais.
Liderazgos juveniles para la gobernanza ambiental: El caso de transición en los bosques modelo
El propósito fue identificar las estrategias que favorecen la transición de los liderazgos juveniles dentro de estos espacios participativos de gestión y toma de decisiones.
Public Policy for Integrated Landscape Management: Conceptual foundations and guidance for practice
ILM seeks to build shared goals by bringing diverse stakeholders together, and aligning public policy to address interconnected objectives.
Gobernanza del fuego en el contexto de la Gestión Integrada del Paisaje: Fundamentos y orientaciones para la práctica
El fuego es un elemento natural utilizado por el ser humano desde tiempos ancestrales, y los sentimientos que provoca oscilan entre el miedo y la fascinación.
Gender Approach to Integrated Landscape Management: Key concepts and guidance for practitioners
Taking a gender approach to ILM ensures that the voices and perspectives of social groups often overlooked or undervalued are included in landscape management and development.
Comunicación estratégica para la gestión integrada del paisaje Fundamentos y orientaciones para la práctica
La GIP promueve un enfoque colaborativo para la gestión sostenible de territorios en los que confluyen e interaccionan distintos ecosistemas y actores sociales.
Construyendo futuros sostenibles: Lecciones de gobernanza participativa en la Red Latinoamericana de Bosques Modelo (RLABM)
Esta investigación busca analizar factores que han permitido a muchas de estas plataformas sostenerse por más de 20 años.
Investigación Acción Participativa para fortalecer el liderazgo juvenil en el Bosque Modelo Risaralda (BMR)
Este estudio aborda la limitada participación de las juventudes en procesos de investigación y toma de decisiones en territorios con áreas protegidas.
A Golden Future for Artisanal Mining Landscapes in Africa
A collaboration to help strengthen the capacity of artisanal mining communities in twenty-three African countries.
From Dialogue to Action: Strengthening Landscape Leadership in Latin America
Learn how forest leaders are strengthening landscape governance, collaboration and resilience across Latin America.
The Work Behind the Work: Building Resilient Landscapes in Asia
Integrated Landscape Management for building resilient landscapes is becoming a shared practice carried forward through partnerships, strengthening landscapes from Latin America to Asia and now Africa.
Collaborative Landscape and Bioregional Planning and Management: 25 Years of Experience Towards a Landscape Transformation Support System
Review paper analyzing the support system for ILM to achieve transformative change, highlighting 20 dimensions in five support sub-systems.
Case Study: Sierra Volcánica Biocultural Landscape
Sierra Volcánica Biocultural Landscape (Jalisco, Mexico) is a powerful example of how diverse actors can come together to build a shared vision for sustainable and regenerative territorial development.
Heifer International and EcoAgriculture Partners Join Forces to Boost Rural Livelihoods and Nature
Heifer International collaborates with EcoAgriculture Partners to enhance rural livelihoods through Integrated Landscape Management, promoting sustainable development in Guatemala.
Backing Forest Leaders: How Small Investments Could Spark Big Change Across Latin America
Beyond projects that forest leaders implemented through small seed investments, the money also got other organizations involved in the landscape to pitch in their support and additional funds.
A Strategy for Transforming Food Systems through Regenerative Landscapes
A Strategy for Transforming Food Systems through Regenerative Landscapes: A White Paper from 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People and Regen10.
Exploring Landscape Management: A Journey of Learning and Growth
Join EcoAg as we explore innovative landscape management practices, empowering communities and ecosystems through shared knowledge and collaboration in 2024.
EcoAg Seed Grants Boost Landscape Projects Across Latin America
EcoAg Seed Grants are transforming landscapes in Latin America by funding 15 projects that promote sustainability, community leadership, and Integrated Landscape Management.
A Golden Opportunity: A Landscape Lens Transforms Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
From the rugged highlands straddling the border of Bolivia and Peru to the vast plateaus of Burkina Faso in West Africa, small-scale artisanal gold mining (ASGM) is happening around the globe
Ground Truth: Recounting How People Live in Harmony With Nature
Delve into the Sierra Gorda’s rich biodiversity and community initiatives. Learn how locals harmonize with nature while preserving their cultural heritage and environment.
Leading and Learning Across Geographies and Generations: The Genesis of Forest Leaders for Integrated Landscape Management
The Forest Leaders for Integrated Landscape Management project offers a unique opportunity for landscape developers to gain new skills.
Farming A Better Future: How Big-Picture Thinking About Regenerative Agriculture Can Help Fix Society’s Ills
Regenerative agriculture is both a process and an outcome. Farmers adopt practices such as growing cover crops and instituting mixed farming systems like agroforestry or integrated crop and livestock production.
The Richest Untapped Resources
The Model Forest Network promotes better conservation and production practices for communities living and working in Latin Amercia forests.
Better Together: Rikolto and EcoAg Collaborate to Improve Food Systems Worldwide
EcoAgriculture Partners is collaborating with global nonprofit Rikolto to deliver a series of training workshops in 16 landscapes worldwide, to improve food systems.
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.
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.
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.
Work with Us
If you need support with leadership development and training programs on landscape approaches, we welcome a conversation.