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Connecting farm to landscape for biodiversity conservation

Lee Gross
Sebastian Castro-Tanzi
Sara Scherr

This discussion paper presents the results of a study undertaken by EcoAgriculture Partners in late 2015 focused on evaluating the CAMBio project’s biodiversity impacts, at field and landscape...

Integrated Landscape Investment in Kenya

Krista Heiner
Seth Shames
Emily Spiegel

A snapshot of the successes, challenges, and innovations in investment in ILM in Kenya.

Taking Tree-based Ecosystem Approaches to Scale

Louise Willemen
Abigail Hart
Christine Negra
Celia A. Harvey
Frank Place
Sara Scherr
Lars Laestadius
Bastiaan Louman
Robert Winterbottom

Tree-Based Ecosystem Approaches (TBEAs) include a variety of land and forestry management systems and practices that combine trees with agricultural production, in pursuit of sustained or increased...

Pathways to Collaborative Action: Transforming Agricultural, Land and Food Systems

Fiona McKenzie

This discussion paper seeks not to demotivate with more depressing statistics (although there will be some), but to inspire with the possibilities of taking cross-sectoral collaborative action to...

Coordinating Finance for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Seth Shames
Rachel Friedman
Tanja Havemann

This paper presents the findings of an inventory of the scale and structure of flows of climate and agricultural finance in the developing world, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa and...

Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Eco-Certification and Standards: A Global Review of the Science and Practice

Jeffrey C. Milder
Lee Gross
Alexandra M. Class

Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Eco-Certification and Standards reviews the science and practice of ecological impact assessments for agricultural eco-standards.

Integrating Agendas for Forests, Agriculture and Climate Change Mitigation: Rationale and Recommendations for Landscape Strategies, National Policy and International Climate Action

Seth Shames
Sara Scherr
Courtney Wallace-Stokes
Jeffrey Hatcher

This paper identifies the critical issues for understanding the relationship between forestry and agriculture and applies them to develop recommendations for action to support effective and equitable...

Performance and Potential of Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Terhi Majanen
Sara Scherr

This Discussion Paper examines how conservation agriculture (CA) might also support climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.

Agriculture and the Convention on Biological Diversity – Guidelines for Applying the Ecosystem Approach

Seth Shames
Sara Scherr

Discussions among CBD stakeholders made clear to us that there is a significant demand within CBD policy circles to explore policy guidelines for implementing the program of work on agricultural...

New Directions for Integrating Environment and Development in East Africa

Steve Bass
Sara Scherr
Yves Renard
Seth Shames

Key findings from consultations with stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda conducted together with IIED in early 2009.

Understanding Ecoagriculture: A Framework for Measuring Landscape Performance

Louise Buck
Jeffrey C. Milder
Thomas Gavin
Ishani Mukherjee

Ecoagriculture is already being practiced in hundreds of locations worldwide, with promising results for regions where biodiversity conservation, food production, and poverty alleviation are all high...

Ecoagriculture: A Review and Assessment of its Scientific Foundations

Louise Buck
Thomas Gavin
David R. Lee
Norman T. Uphoff

This report elaborates on the opportunities, concepts, and challenges in ecoagriculture. Agricultural productivity, biodiversity conservation, and livelihood objectives are discussed individually and...

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