July 10, 2014
National Policy for Climate-Smart Agriculture: Lessons from Brazil, Ethiopia & New Zealand
Agriculture, especially large-scale industrial agriculture, is often criticized for its major environmental impacts and general disregard for ecological health. That’s where climate-smart agriculture, or CSA, comes in. CSA seeks to increase production and livelihoods while decreasing environmental impacts and building resilience to climate change. The concept is gaining groun ...
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July 9, 2014
What’s Happening with Integrated Landscapes in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Elise Ursin
EcoAgriculture Partners
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are vital contributors to global agricultural production and biodiversity. The region is predicted to contain 43 percent of the world’s farmland by 2050 and currently includes eight of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. However, its natural resources are poorly regulated (deforestation in the Amazon is an infamous example) and extre ...
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July 7, 2014
What Will It Take to Get Businesses Involved in African Landscape Initiatives?
Abby Waldorf
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
In 2009, businesses and farmers operating in Naivasha received a rude wake up call. Lake Naivasha almost dried up. In a basin that supports over 60% of Kenya’s flower industry, accounting for over 1% of the country’s GDP, policy makers and businesses were quick to respond. But will it always take a threat like this […] ...
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July 4, 2014
Scientists Demonstrate Tools for Integrated Landscape Management
Isaiah Esipisu
Scientists, policy experts, landscape and agroforestry experts at the Landscape for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference had an opportunity to learn about more than 20 tools submitted by conference participants, which these experts say are extremely useful for Integrated Landscape Management. “Integrated Landscape Management involves different processes running all th ...
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July 4, 2014
Managing Landscapes in Africa: From ‘Evil Forests’ to a Half-Urban, Half-Rural People
Daisy Ouya
World Agroforestry Centre
Policy makers in Africa must think globally, regionally and locally for sustainable landscape management. Africa—a diverse, resource-rich yet food-insecure continent—urgently needs an integrated landscapes approach to policy-making in order to meet food security and development goals while protecting the natural resource base that makes it all possible. To feed and nourish ...
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July 3, 2014
Experts Discuss Strategies for Financing Integrated Landscape Investments in Africa
Isaiah Esipisu
Delegates at the ongoing Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Conference in Nairobi are creating action plans to enable mobilization of resources for integrated landscape management (ILM) in Africa. “This is a priority area, and the issue of finance is very critical for such development aspirations. And before we start planning for anything, we must […] ...
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July 2, 2014
Urbanization Poses Risks to Integrated Landscapes in Kenya
Isaiah Esipisu
Kenya is one of the leading countries in Africa to embrace the Integrated Landscape Approach, though experts attending the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference say that urbanization and the quest for development is a real threat to this progress. “Urbanization is a major conflict for rural landscapes in Kenya, hence, there […] ...
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July 2, 2014
African Leaders Urged to Link Landscapes to the People
Isaiah Esipisu
Editor’s note: The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference started July 1st, with a rousing opening session. This report by Isaiah Esipisu originally appeared on FoodTank.com. It captures the key issues and action orientation of the meeting. The “Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa” conference has kicked off in Nairobi with major [&h ...
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