December 2, 2015
50 youth innovators and the power of team building
The Editors
EcoAgriculture Partners
Day 1 of the Youth in Landscapes initiative’s workshop, Global Landscapes Forum, Paris Over 600 youth (defined as 18 – 30 years old) have registered to attend this year’s GLF. To put this in perspective: when you look around you at the GLF, almost one in every five delegates will be a student or young […] ...
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October 13, 2015
Calling all land managers, share your Sustainable Stories!
With the SDGs now decided, the world is begging the question: How can we create truly sustainable societies? The SDGs look at the root causes of poverty, hunger and injustice to create healthier and more secure livelihoods and environments for people around the world. The vision for a world relieved of these issues can seem […] ...
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October 8, 2015
Is the French call for action on soil and climate a promising game changer?
Wanqing Zhou
Worldwatch Institute
Editor’s Note: The following was originally published on the Worldwatch Institute blog on October 7th, 2015. It is reposted here with permission of the author. We’re often told that agriculture is a “victim” of climate change and needs to adapt. But farmers, ranchers, and researchers increasingly recognize that industrial agriculture is itself a major emitter o ...
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September 17, 2015
New research finds lessons for policy action around Green Growth
Kedar Mankad
The new book Steps Toward Green presents research across six countries in East and Southeast Asia to provide guidance to national policy makers in how to make seemingly conflicting land use priorities mutually beneficial. Academics and civil society often refer to the ‘enabling environment’ needed to solve some of the seemingly intractable issues around agricultural [&helli ...
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September 12, 2015
Biogas for Cambodian Farmers reduces emissions and inputs of agrochemicals
Jakob Assmann
Polarstern
A German company, a Dutch development organization, and the Cambodian government work with smallholder farmers to turn livestock waste into light and fuel. All around the world, both advocates and opponents of renewable energies are looking at Germany and its Energiewende, German for ‘energy transition.’ Since the late 1990s, the country has embarked on a […] ...
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September 10, 2015
Market Incentives for Eco-friendly SRI Rice Production in Cambodia
Caryl Levine
Lotus Foods
A recent push to grow sustainable rice in Cambodia has benefited producers, communities and landscapes, as well as created demand at home and abroad for environmentally-friendly products. Editor’s Note: Across East and Southeast Asia, civil society, NGOs and agribusiness leaders have piloted integrated landscape management initiatives in key commodity markets. Below, the co- ...
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September 2, 2015
Sustainable Agriculture in China, Then and Now
Seth Cook
IIED
The environmental impacts of China’s agricultural production affect not just China, but also the global environment. Editor’s note: In the last few decades, East and Southeast Asia used rapid agriculture expansion to grow national economies. This strategy initially paid off big, but overexploitation of key natural resources quickly threatened profitability, and caused ...
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September 1, 2015
In Vietnam, the landscape approach brings stakeholders together to address climate change
In Vietnam, somewhere between the aspirations of farmers and the goals of the national government lies an opportunity to implement the landscape approach. Editor’s Note: In the last few months, EcoAgriculture Partners visited the Ha Tinh province of Vietnam to study strategies for climate change mitigation and resiliency based in agriculture. While there, project manager Abi ...
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August 31, 2015
Making WAVES in greening land use in the Philippines
Evan Romanko
EcoAgriculture Partners
By assuming a combination of specific roles, governments can institutionalize environmental protections through practical and applicable strategies that improve the management of natural resources. In a forthcoming book Steps Toward Green: Policy Responses to the Environmental Footprint of Commodity Agriculture in East and Southeast Asia, experts from The World Bank, EcoAgricu ...
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August 31, 2015
Agriculture Green Growth: Adapting Policy Frameworks in Asia
Sara Scherr
EcoAgriculture Partners
Widespread environmental degradation is undermining explosive commodity growth in Asia. Editor’s Note: In East and Southeast Asia, public policies and private investments to expand agricultural production of commodities have seriously undermined terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. In just a few decades, the region rapidly switched to monoculture export agriculture, supporte ...
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