July 28, 2016
Four lessons for private sector engagement from the Sustainable Landscapes Partnership
Simon Badcock
Conservation International
Catherine Rothacker
In North Sumatra, Indonesia, a complex mosaic of land uses, values and challenges, Conservation International (CI) is working with USAID and the Walton Family Foundation on the Sustainable Landscapes Partnership. This article is the second in a series of stories about landscape partnerships that effectively include private sector actors that were showcased at the Business ...
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July 20, 2016
Mato Grosso links agribusiness supply chains to landscapes through jurisdictional sustainability
Catherine Rothacker
EcoAgriculture Partners
Mato Grosso, the agricultural giant Brazilian state, has traded in a race to the bottom for a leading role testing and implementing a jurisdictional sustainability governance model. This article is the first in a series of stories about landscape partnerships that effectively include private sector actors that were showcased at the Business for Sustainable Landscapes Work ...
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July 14, 2016
The landscape approach: How did we get here and where do we want to go? Just ask Darwin!
Terry C.H. Sunderland
CIFOR
Charles Darwin’s theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest were initially derided and rejected, leading Darwin himself to delay the publication of his seminal text, On the Origin of Species. Yet today, his theories are commonly accepted as principles that explain the diversity of life on Earth as the product of millions of […] ...
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July 6, 2016
Current agricultural practices stand in the way of sustainability: It’s past time to diversify
Emile Frison
Bioversity International
Fabrice A.J. DeClerck
The over-reliance on chemicals, fertilizers and mono-cropping is the primary driver of environmental degradation on the planet—it’s agriculture’s dirty secret. The evidence for this is now overwhelming: today’s agricultural practices are a key contributor to rampant biodiversity losses, degradation of some 20 percent of global land, and 30 percent of global greenhouse ...
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