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31 Results for Potential Benefits of Integrated Landscape Management

Managing Water and Agroecosystems in Landscapes for Sustainable Food Security

    This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food production.

  • Eline Boelee
  • Sara J. Scherr
  • Petina L. Pert
  • Jennie Barron
  • Max Finlayson
  • Katrien Descheemaeker
  • Jeffrey C. Milder
  • Renate Fleiner
  • Sophie Nguyen-Khoa
  • Stefano Barchiesi
  • Stuart W. Bunting
  • Rebecca E. Tharme
  • Elizabeth Khaka
  • David Coates
  • Elaine M. Solowey
  • Gareth J. Lloyd
  • David Molden
  • Simon Cook
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Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing – Scoping Study

  • Gabrielle Kissinger
  • André Brasser
  • Lee Gross
  • This report shares initial outcomes of a comprehensive global scoping of integrated landscape approaches, exploring the rationales (why) and modes (how) companies use to pursue landscape approaches. The scoping allows us to compare across a range of...

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Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing

  • Gabrielle Kissinger
  • André Brasser
  • Lee Gross
  • Climate change, ecosystem degradation, and increasing competition over limited resources pose significant risks to agrifood businesses. In this report, LPFN looks at what agribusinesses stand to gain from a landscape approach, and examines the...

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Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing – Olam International and Rainforest Alliance Case Study

  • André Brasser
  • Olam is a global integrated supply chain manager that sources 6 million dollars worth of cocoa from the western Bia/Juabeso region of Ghana each year. When the company recognized that its regular producer support program was unable to mitigate...

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Solutions from the Land: Developing a New Vision for United States Agriculture, Forestry, and Conservation

  • Melinda Kimble
  • Neil Sampson
  • This report outlines ongoing land management challenges and proposes a vision for producing more agricultural and forestry products and ecosystem services with fewer inputs and environmental impacts. It also offers recommendations for realizing this...

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Investing in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa

  • Peter Dewees
  • Frank Place
  • Sara Scherr
  • Chris Buss
  • This paper investigates tree-based and other land management technologies for restoration and livelihood, private market incentives within landscape restoration goals and identifies opportunities for investing in forests and trees in African...

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From Climate Smart Agriculture to Climate Smart Landscapes

From Climate-Smart Agriculture to Climate-Smart Landscapes

  • Sara Scherr
  • Seth Shames
  • Rachel Friedman
  • This article explains the concept of climate-smart landscapes, enumerates the benefits, identifies key components, and recommends concrete actions to scale them up around the world.

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Tropical Fruit Tree Species and Climate Change

    Ripe for the picking, opportunities for sustainable fruit production At the nexus of climate change and growing demand for fruits, there are both opportunities to seek and challenges to deal with. Current producers who rely on fruits want to know...

  • Bhuown Sthapit
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