Blog for People, Food and Nature

[embed]http://youtu.be/tQzbPStmboM[/embed] Less than a decade ago, researchers became aware of a substantial effort by farmers in Niger and other Sahelian countries to protect and manage tree species on their land. This practice, which has been occurring for decades, improves water use efficiency and availability, inc…

By Bruce Lloyd Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research and the Bunbartha Landcare Group, Victoria, Australia A landscape approach is gaining traction as a natural resource management strategy Down Under. “Landcare” – Australia’s community based natural resource management (NRM) process and ethos …

[caption id="attachment_618" align="aligncenter" width="1531" caption="Part of the Wapichan territory in the landscape of the South Rupunini, Guyana. It is a ‘complex mosaic of savannahs and forests’"][/caption] By South Central Peoples Development Association (SCPDA), Guyana On February 7, 2012, the indigenous W…

A recent special issue of the Centre for International Forestry Research’s (CIFOR) International Forestry Review honed in on the interconnected issues of forestry, biodiversity, and food security. Christine Padoch, Director of the Forests and Livelihoods Programme at CIFOR, introduced the set of articles by drawing …

[caption id="attachment_597" align="aligncenter" width="1125" caption="Joint community rice harvesting by the Karen people in the highlands of northern Thailand."][/caption] By Dr. Maurizio Farhan-Ferrari, Environmental Governance Programme Coordinator Forest Peoples Programme, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK Two peer-reviewed …

On the heels of the Nairobi International Forum, the discussions around integrated agricultural landscapes are still forefront on our minds. Co-Organizer Bioversity International’s Pablo Eyzaguirre extends the discourse to the web, talking about the potential for landscape approaches to reconcile the objectives of a…