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By Gabrielle Kissinger, Lexeme Consulting On Wednesday, we saw how partnership and collaboration can facilitate the move towards sustainable agricultural production at a landscape scale. Yet risk is still a constant concern within supply chain management. In today's post, author Gabrielle Kissinger examines the experi…

By Katie Minderhoud and Andreanne Grimard, Solidaridad Network To open our fourth installment of the Landscapes Roundtable, representatives from the Solidaridad Network discuss the role of sustainable agricultural production as an entry point to an integrated landscape approach. Coming from an agricultural commodity su…

Still emerging from the afterglow of the Global Landscapes Forum, the topics of a ‘Green Economy’, market incentives, and private sector partnerships have all garnered considerable interest on the frontiers of sustainable landscapes. The economic realities driving land use and natural resource management have raise…

Editor's note: After a month of exploring climate change and all its facets in relation to agriculture and land use, it's clear that the challenges are great but so is the possibility for solutions. At the Global Landscapes Forum mid-month, leaders and experts in the field called for re-visioning agriculture, its mode …

Landscapes are largely social constructs, their bounds defined not only by natural features but also by human interactions with the landscape. Nor do landscapes respect political or administrative boundaries. These observations contextualized the ensuing discussion at a technical session on governance for integrated la…

By Jessica Thorn, Biodiversity Institute in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford As the two-week UNFCCC 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) concluded last week, it’s appropriate to turn our attention to future challenges that climate change will present agriculture and land use. Today’s guest author r…