April 5, 2016
Be a part of the conversation, on the Landscapes Blog
The EditorsEcoAgriculture Partners
Around the world, there are at least 500 landscape initiatives where leaders like you are practicing the landscape approach.
Establishing these initiatives can be challenging. As a community, we need to support each other in advancing landscape approaches to tackle interconnected issues like climate change, agricul…
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March 31, 2016
On birds, agriculture, and European policy, a conversation with Trees Robijns
Lucila FernandezEcoAgriculture PartnersTrees RobijnsBirdLife Europe
The Common Agricultural Policy is one of the founding laws of the European Union. While it's succeeded in feeding the European populace, what has been its impact on biodiversity?
Since World War II, the Common Agricultural Policy is the prevailing legislation on how to manage farmlands in Europe. Originally, the polic…
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March 29, 2016
Learning from the forests, a Latin American exchange of landscape knowledge
Josique LorenzoCATIELucila FernandezEcoAgriculture Partners
Across Latin America, Model Forests are providing a natural laboratory for learning and experimentation about landscape governance.
(Lea este aporte en español aquí) This post provides some insights on a recent Model Forest event, reporting on experiences of its application across Latin America and the Caribbean an…
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March 29, 2016
Aprendiendo de los bosques, un intercambio latinoamericano de conocimiento en el manejo de paisajes
Josique LorenzoCATIELucila FernandezEcoAgriculture Partners
A través de Latinoamérica, los bosques están proveyendo un laboratorio natural con que experimentar y crear conocimiento sobre iniciativas dirigidas por la comunidad que visualizan el desarrollo ecológico y socialmente justo.
(Read this in English here) Lo siguiente relata las últimas experiencias y noticias de l…
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March 22, 2016
Grazing can be a win for water quality, climate change, and farm economics
Kelly O’NeillChesapeake Bay Foundation
The Chesapeake Bay watershed spans over 64,000 square miles and is home to 87,000 farms, many of which produce livestock.
The byproduct of this livestock production is manure, both a potential pollutant (if not carefully managed) and a resource to fertilize crops. Without pollution controls, nutrients not used by crop…
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March 19, 2016
On Gender, with Kame Westerman of Conservation International
Mara NovakEcoAgriculture PartnersLouis WertzEcoAgriculture PartnersKame WestermanConservation International
Gender equality is critical to the success of conservation and development projects. But how do we create it where it's missing?
A conservation research project was assessing bush meat use in a forest. They talked to the men, who were the hunters, about what species of animals, and how many, they were catching, killin…
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