Technical & networking sessions slot 1

The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative (LPFN): Bioversity International, Conservation International, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation; EcoAgriculture Partners, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and the World Resources Institute.

Effective management of integrated landscapes requires cooperation among stakeholders from diverse sectors and by decision-making authorities with varying mandates at different scales. Yet existing institutions and governance structures often reinforce sectoral foci, and provide little capacity to link local, landscape and national actions to capture synergies among agriculture, environment and livelihood goals. While innovative ways to overcome challenges confronted in landscape governance are beginning to emerge, opportunities to share knowledge and accelerate learning about these complex systems have been few.

This session will draw from the growing experience of scholars and practitioners to advance understanding about viable landscape governance systems. An overview of evidence from the ongoing collaborative LPFN landscape governance review will be presented. Up to 10 discussants will respond to a series of key questions in a “round robin” format, designed to “crowdsource” inputs and contribute to design criteria, principles, and examples of good practice for landscape governance.

The key questions that will be addressed in the session are:

1. What are effective processes, mechanisms and tools for reconciling the diverse frames of various stakeholders and decision-making authorities whose voices and support are essential in reaching complementary goals for integrated landscapes that include small-scale farmers and their knowledge and information systems?
2. What are key policy challenges and how can they be overcome in developing landscape governance systems that support the delivery of desired conservation, production and livelihood outcomes?
3. What design criteria are essential for multilevel/multiscalar landscape governance systems and strategies to be effective?

Background reading:

1. LPFN. 2013 (forthcoming). The State of Landscape Governance: A Review. The Landscapes for People Food, and Nature Initiative. EcoAgriculture Partners: Washington DC.

Contact details: sshames@ecoagriculture.org

Speakers

• Edmund Barrow

  Head, Global Ecosystem Management Programme, IUCN

• Joseph Tanui

  Associate scientist, ICRAF

• Terry Sunderland

  Principal Scientist, Forests and Livelihoods programme, CIFOR

• Delia C. Catacutan

  Senior Social Scientist, Country Representative, and Gender Program Coordinator of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Vietnam

• Esther Mwangi

  Senior scientist, the Forests and Governance Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Moderator

• Raffaela Kozar

  Senior Manager, EcoAgriculture Partners