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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 group of participants at the Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil
Gold panning bucket

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

Dona Mary interview in Sierra Gorda, Mexico

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.

28 June 2024

By Ava Eucker

This was published in Forbes

From Oil Boom To Sustainability Bloom: Will Guyana Develop Without Sacrificing Ecosystems And Cultures?

Guyana’s highway-building project is quickly approaching a fork. Taking one path could lead to robust and equitable sustainable development that brings along Indigenous and poor rural communities while protecting critical ecosystems.

3 June 2024

By Brianna Van Matre

Mountain Range, biodiverse agricultural land and Forests

EcoAgriculture Partners Joins Forces with UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration for a More Sustainable Future

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, led by the UN Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization and its partners, covers terrestrial and coastal and marine ecosystems.

22 April 2024

By Brianna Van Matre

This was published in Forbes

The Richest Untapped Resources

The Model Forest Network promotes better conservation and production practices for communities living and working in Latin Amercia forests.

Illustration of biodiverse land usage including eco-tourism, farming, agriculture, forestry, fishing

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.

20 March 2024

By Réka Blakemore

Comedor Conchita Eatery in Mexico

More Than A Meal: Supporting Small Eateries in Central Mexico Empowers A Whole Landscape

The interconnectivity that ILM nurtures is evident when one eats along the Ruta de Sabor, supporting small eateries with walls made of earth, a seasonal menu and notable energy conservation efforts.

1 August 2023

By Ava Eucker

Varied crops in a valley

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.

Farmers discuss solutions to sustainable landscape management in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Build better carbon markets to tackle climate change. A conversation with leading scientist and EcoAg Board Member Ruth Defries

An article published in the journal Science asserts that voluntary carbon markets, trading in credits to counterbalance climate change-inducing carbon dioxide, fail to maximize the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions they could offset.

11 October 2022

By EcoAgriculture Partners

A woman holds a basket of freshly harvested food

Equator Prize 2021: Local Leaders Ignite Global Change

This year’s Equator Prize winners show that local solutions can help solve global problems. The awards ceremony recognizing local and Indigenous communities worldwide.

4 October 2021

By EcoAgriculture Partners

A woman holds fresh tomatoes and radishes

Landscapes In the United Nations Food Systems Summit: An EcoAg Update on Solutions, National Pathways and Next Steps for the Landscape Community

The landscape community is encouraged to review and reflect on the wide range of solutions and opportunities that have emerged from the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS).

21 September 2021

By Sara Scherr, Juan Ramos

Varied crops grown besides a river

Laudes Foundation Pledges $370,000 To Bring Integrated Landscape Management To Communities

The contribution of Laudes to 1000 Landscapes For 1 Billion People will help bring Integrated Landscape Management to local communities.

23 June 2021

By EcoAgriculture Partners