Landscapes

By Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy, Climate Change Group, World Bank, originally published at World Bank The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tells us that to rein in climate change and keep global warming under 2°C, we will have to start reducing emissions now and get to near net zero emissions […]

This month the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) has launched an Ecosystem Services and Resilience Framework, about a core theme of their research. WLE supports an approach to sustainable intensification whereby healthy, functioning ecosystems are seen as a prerequisite to agricultural development, food security and human well-being. The Framework will serve as the guiding […]

By Bruno Vander Velde, originally posted at Forests News A new research paper lays out conditions for “landscape approaches” to work on the ground—an important step in translating the vaunted sustainable development framework from theory to practice. By no means a new concept, the landscape approach—billed as an inclusive and equitable way to balance competing land-use demands—has […]

  The ‘Integrated Landscape Approach’ provides a basic framework for balancing competing demands and integrating policies for multiple land uses within a given area. However, attempts to formalize and characterize what the landscape approach actually represents have resulted in a plethora of interlinked terminology and re-invention of ideas and practices under multiple guises. The current […]

Summary: Terry Sunderland, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) explains what a “landscape approach” is — why we need one and what scientists, NGOs and policymakers need to do to start implementing it.

Through the lens of the beautiful Gunung Halimun Salak National Park area in Java – and the lives of those who live there – we explore just what a ‘landscape approach’ means – as a way to reconcile conservation, agriculture, development and industry in a single area…and ensure we feed the earth’s growing population while […]