December 22, 2015
Six individual competencies for working with multi-stakeholder partnerships
Minu HemmatiCatalySDHerman BrouwerWageningen UR, Centre for Development InnovationJim Woodhill
Good multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) don’t just happen.
As discussed in our previous blog, multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) need to be carefully designed and facilitated. People working with MSPs in landscapes are brokering, convening, and moderating communication, meetings, and joint action – all of wh…
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December 21, 2015
Integrated approaches to landscape planning and management
Nicky JennerFauna and Flora International
From desert to tropical forest, mountain range to coastal plain, extractive and agricultural sectors are increasingly affecting even the most remote and fragile ecosystems around the world.
These are ecosystems that provide a range of benefits (in the form of ecosystem goods and services) and support multiple objecti…
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December 18, 2015
Partnership debuts campaign encouraging UN member states to scale up integrated landscape management to achieve the SDGs
Louis WertzEcoAgriculture Partners
Now is the time for governments to adopt new approaches to development and sustainable growth.
To overcome climate change and achieve the sustainable development goals will require a new development paradigm. Fortunately, such an alternative model already exists, called ‘integrated landscape management’, and it ha…
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December 16, 2015
Seven principles for effective and healthy multi-stakeholder partnerships
Herman BrouwerWageningen UR, Centre for Development InnovationMinu HemmatiCatalySDJim Woodhill
Today, there is no policy maker, business representative, or civil society director who will come to a sustainability conference without calling for more stakeholder engagement.
There is also growing consensus among academics that any solution towards sustainable development requires partnerships. Likewise, landscape…
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December 11, 2015
Securing Dignity, Sustaining Nature, Part 2
Gaurav MadanRights and Resources Initiative
While receiving community titles has kindled a cautious feeling of security among villagers, the politics surrounding protected areas continues to be precarious.
Editor's Note: Read the first part of this series, 'Securing Dignity, Sustaining Nature', here
It is estimated that communities live in more than two-thir…
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December 10, 2015
Securing Dignity, Sustaining Nature, Part 1
Gaurav MadanRights and Resources Initiative
In the Simlipal Tiger Reserve in India, everyday life and culture are deeply intertwined with the surrounding environment, which is reflected in local knowledge of the area’s vegetation and biodiversity.
My several-hour journey into the heart of the Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha began in Jashipur, a small but bus…
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