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Performance and Potential of Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
How conservation agriculture might also support climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
1 November 2011

Payments for watershed services in the United States
32 Payment for watershed services projects, including public drinking water protection efforts, watershed-friendly certification labels, and “landscape auctions”.
1 October 2011

Realizing the Satoyama Vision in Project Landscapes
COMDEKS inception workshop report on presentations and discussions, outlining next steps and key resources for project implementation.
1 September 2011

Innovations in Market-Based Watershed Conservation in the United States
This study surveyed new or emerging PWS project models in order to understand their scale, characteristics, and future potential.
15 June 2011

The Watson Partners and the Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet Cooperative
The Watson Partners Farm is part of a cooperative of sugar beet growers that established an internal point to non-point phosphorus trading program.
16 May 2011

Forest of the Future
How programs providing financial incentives to landowners for a long-term commitment to sustainable forestry can achieve significant habitat restoration.
12 May 2011

Mudford Farm in the Chesapeake Bay
This case study focuses on one of the pilot efforts to create markets for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay, on the Mudford farm.
1 May 2011

Sacramento River Ranch
River Ranch is a prime example of how environmental markets can be coordinated to complement agricultural production.
1 May 2011

Buck Island Ranch and the Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project
Buck Island Ranch (BIR) is one of eight participating ranches in the Florida Ranchlands for Environmental Services Project (FRESP)
1 May 2011

Buyer, Regulator, and Enabler – The Government’s Role in Ecosystem Services Markets
In general, four types of ‘market’ or ‘market-like’ instruments exist for ecosystem services provision.
15 April 2011

Building Community Assets and Capacities for Adaptive Management
How World Food Programme can invest strategically, optimize the spatial suitability of its programs, and foster collaborative management of natural resources.
5 January 2011

Making REAL(U) Right: Harmonizing Agriculture, Forests and Rights in the Design of REDD+
The paper has 5 policy recommendations it makes for REDD+ programs which looks to a landscape approach for success.
1 January 2011