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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

10 July 2024

By Réka Blakemore

Gold panning bucket
A bee on a flower in an orchard

New Publication: A landscape planning framework: Collaborating across the landscape to mitigate impacts of development (CALM)

Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and the Arcus Foundation have just released a new and exciting landscape planning framework

10 June 2021

By Louise Buck

Zebras grazing in Tanzania

Participant Follow-up from the African Landscapes Dialogue 2019 

African Landscapes Dialogue 2019 was filled with knowledge sharing, discussion, and networking, providing participants with ideas and inspiration when returning to their home countries.

Arusha National Park, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background with its signature snow-capped peak partially covered by clouds

Conclusions from the FAO-EcoAgriculture Landscapes RoundTable: Insights on the African Landscapes Action Plan, Phase 3

FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners hosted roundtable on the African Landscape Action Plan (ALAP): Phase 3, which lays out a strategy for achieving sustainable development in Africa

1 July 2020

By Tom Derr

Arusha National Park, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background with its signature snow-capped peak partially covered by clouds

Video: voices from the African Landscapes Dialogue

Landscape leaders gathered in Arusha, Tanzania for the 3rd African Landscapes Dialogue, bound together by a shared vision and desire to solve problems facing the continent and the planet.

5 March 2020

By EcoAgriculture Partners

An insect pupae hangs from a leaf

The contribution of Integrated Landscape Management to the post-2020 Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity: Recommendations for policymakers from the African Landscapes Dialogue in Arusha.

3 March 2020

By John Ajjugo, John Kamanga, Sam Kanyamibwa, Sara Scherr

Seedlings grow out of the soil in ascending order resembling a bar graph

Unlocking finance to bolster investments for landscape resilience in Africa: Insights and innovations from the African Landscapes Dialogue

Stakeholders from across Africa, under the auspices of the African Landscape Dialogue, have been unpacking challenges and identifying workable solutions to build landscape resilience in Africa.

24 January 2020

By Mao Amis, Manon Koningstein

A man is holding tea leaves in a tea plantation

Agribusiness, finance, and civil society pros to discuss private sector involvement in landscape approaches

Experts will share why, where and how private sector enterprises are participating as vital stakeholders and positive actors in collaborative landscape management platforms.

28 August 2018

By Elizabeth Sweitzer, Louis Wertz

A woman gives a presentation in Tanzania for the African Wildlife Foundation

Promising Signs for the SDGs in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

Join Seth Shames and collaborators as they reflect on the Kilombero Valley workshop, addressing SDGs and the critical balance between agriculture and conservation.

19 May 2018

By Brett Jacobson, Seth Shames

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

ALD Group Photo

African Landscapes Dialogue sparks advances in continental action plan

Learn how African leaders are advancing sustainable landscape management through collaboration, innovation, shared learning and a continental action plan.

4 April 2017

By Melissa Thaxton

African Landscapes Dialogue

The meaning of an African Landscapes Dialogue

The African Landscapes Dialogue empowers landscape leaders through peer learning, knowledge exchange, and collaboration to advance Integrated Landscape Management across Africa.

15 February 2017

By Louis Wertz

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.