Blog for People, Food and Nature

June 21, 2016

Landscape partnerships: a path forward for sustainable agribusiness

MEDIA RELEASE – 21 June 2016 – The future of sustainable agriculture goes beyond the fence, farm, or even supply chain. On May 31-June 2 at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy, EcoAgriculture Partners, IUCN, SAI Platform and the Sustainable Food Lab, hosted a diverse group of leaders from business, government, and civil society […] ...
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June 17, 2016

Jurisdictional sustainability: connecting supply chains to landscapes

Catherine Rothacker EcoAgriculture Partners

Jurisdictional approaches are emerging as a promising model of landscape partnership. Landscape partnerships take many forms: regional watershed stewardship, private sector initiatives to generate shared value, indigenous traditional systems, etc. Jurisdictional sustainability approaches are distinct in that they specifically operate across an entire political geography such ...
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June 11, 2016

Four science-backed suggestions for sustainable landscape investments

Marianne Gadeberg

Interest in investing in sustainability is on the rise. With the Paris Climate Agreement and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals last year, the political demand to further sustainability across sectors and scales is stronger than ever- a fact that is reflected in current investment trends.Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment […] ...
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