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By Abidah Setyowati, Core Associate, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), USA. Last Friday, the world observed the 102nd International Women’s Day, and for the past week, the Landscapes Blog has honed in on issues related to gender and landscape management. Today, Abidah Setyowati shares WOCAN’s experience integrating gender in ...

As the climate change negotiations continued in Doha, one of the overarching themes when including agriculture was how it is in fact possible to achieve synergies between food production and forest cover. This requires a landscape approach to consider how different land uses interact and complement each other. A prime example of how agriculture and […] ...

As the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil convenes its tenth meeting this week in Singapore, this is a key time to consider questions about sustainability certifications and standards. Andre Brosser, founder of Beagle Sustainable Solutions, provides some thoughts on the future directions of RSPO and eco-certification in general. Once upon a time, a leading palm […] ...

Moving into the fifth day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, today’s events include many focused on Indigenous Peoples rights and management of natural resources. Pernilla Malmer,  Senior Advisor on Agriculture and Biodiversity with The Resilience and Development Programme – SwedBio- at Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) in Sweden, reports some of the recent effo ...

Examples of success from the field are not only due to good practices, but also partnerships that Published as part of Reuters’ Alertnet ‘Battle for Water’ news coverage, a video by the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) depicts an effort in India to improve soil fertility, water management, and rural livelihoods. Dungar ...

By Sophia Gnych (sophia.gnych@zsl.org) Biodiversity and Palm Oil Project Developer The Zoological Society of London Bogor, Indonesia The growth of large multinational retailers, manufacturers and commercial agriculture firms has dramatically changed the production and distribution of agricultural commodities internationally. Comp ...

Farmers are already noticing the impacts of climatic change on their crop yields and water supplies. The Landscapes Blog has covered climate-smart agriculture, particularly when applied at a landscape scale, as a means to boost the adaptive capacity of agricultural systems and those who rely on them for food and income. Today’s post is by […] ...

Tromping through rice fields in the dark felt like a surefire way to twist an ankle, but I was thrilled since the existence of these fields meant that our project was working. Verifying this was the purpose of my visit to Vohimary, a village on the edge of the Fandriana – Vondrozo protected area in […] ...

Jessica Fanzo, PhD, Monitoring and Evaluations Officer UN REACH Initiative, World Food Programme, Rome, Italy When we think of food production, ecosystem health, and human wellbeing, one crucial element is often not mentioned: nutrition. Nutrition is everyone’s business and no one’s responsibility, as the saying goes. But we know that one of the world’s greatest [… ...

Fabrice DeClerck, Senior Scientist Agrobiodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Resilience Bioversity International, Rome, Italy 5:00 A.M. Soon the sun will be up, and here in Costa Rica it’s like flipping on the light switch – one moment its dark, the next its full sun. I roll out of bed to throw on some field clothes, turn […] ...