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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.

11 April 2025

By Michael Keller

Community meeting organized by the Mata Atlântica Model Forest in Quilombo de Pinhões on November 9 2024
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.

Food on display at a food market

How to reimagine our food systems for a post-COVID world – taking a landscape perspective

We reimagine our food systems for a post-COVID world, after the pandemic revealed the vulnerabilities and failures of our food systems.

11 June 2020

By Sara Scherr and Sara Farley

People holding different types of grain

Strategies for more sustainable food systems: the European Union adopts a Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy

The European Commission published two important strategies that are key components of the European Green Deal and that will guide the European Union towards more sustainable food systems over the next decade.

2 June 2020

By Emile Frison

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

Cabbages and other crops on a hilly landscape near a village

First North America Landscape Finance Forum explores innovative investment models

The North America Landscape Finance Forum (NALFF) explored integrated landscape investment models in the U.S. and Canada, where some of the most innovative initiatives are taking place.

18 December 2019

By Seth Shamers, Manon Koningstein

panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro, showcasing Guanabara Bay and the iconic Sugarloaf Mountain

Complementing sector policy with integrated territorial and landscape approaches

An impressive group of partners echoed one key message: integrated territorial and landscape approaches are possible, necessary, and overdue.

6 December 2018

By 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

A man cooks food to sell at an outdoor market

The Little Book in Spanish

The Little Sustainable Landscapes Book is now available in Spanish, expanding access to guidance on ILM for policymakers, practitioners, and conservation leaders across Latin America.

4 April 2017

By EcoAgriculture Partners

Terraced farming on the sides of a river valley

The power of good policy to scale sustainable landscapes

Governments can support Integrated Landscape Management through shared vision, innovative approaches and good policy to scale sustainable landscapes.

3 March 2017

By Sara Scherr

Eight policy guidelines for ILM

New public policy guidelines support integrated efforts to achieve the SDGs

A new set of public policy guidelines highlights how governments can support Integrated Landscape Management through coordinated planning to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

21 February 2017

By Seth Shames, Krista Heiner, Louis Wertz

papaya farm in Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India

News Release – Landscape partnerships: a path forward for sustainable agribusiness

Business, government, and civil society leaders met in Bellagio to develop an action agenda for scaling landscape partnerships and advancing sustainable agriculture beyond farms and supply chains.

27 June 2016

By EcoAgriculture Partners and IUCN