Sustainability

Paula Caballero, a World Bank director and speaker at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, congratulates the inclusion of a focus on the world’s ocean in the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals: At this week’s UN Sustainable Development Summit, the world’s oceans will be getting the attention they have long deserved — but not always received. They […]

Originally posted on CIAT’s News Blog. Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The 17 global goals which you have supported the creation of are an unrivalled span of human aspiration […]

This blog post originally appeared in the Huffington Post blog. By Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) It’s the season for bountiful corn harvests. We consume corn in so many forms — for some, it constitutes a major part of a meal; for others, it provides fuel for an […]

The Amanalco Valle Bravo Basin in central Mexico provides vital water and forest resources to millions of people. But recently the land has suffered due to population pressures and unplanned development. CCMSS has built the capacity of 1,500 families of smallholder farmers for sustainable agriculture and forestry management over 15,200 hectares. They also are piloting […]

Originally posted on Landscapes for People, Food and Nature. By Louis Wertz, EcoAgriculture Partners As world leaders planned finance strategies for executing the Sustainable Development Goals, we highlighted the many advantages of Integrated Landscape Initiatives. From July 13-16th world leaders and national delegations from more than 150 countries convened in Africa’s diplomatic capital to hammer out the logistics of […]

Originally posted on the World Resources Institute’s blog. By Fred Stolle, Kemen Austin and Octavia Aris Payne (WRI). Indonesia has two big goals for 2020 that might seem contradictory: Reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 26 percent, and boost production of several major agricultural commodities, including doubling palm oil production. With agriculture […]