Blog for People, Food and Nature

Set at the last Convention on Biological Diversity, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets set goals out to the year 2020. A new report released by the IUCN and United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre addresses Target 11 - properly conserving 17 percent of terrestrial ecoregions and 10 percent …

The Landscapes Blog has been focusing attention on biodiversity this month and in the lead-up to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October. Dr. Tobias Plieninger, Head of the Ecosystem Services Research Group at the Berlin-Brandenberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Germany, rejoins the Landscapes Blog …

With a focus on biodiversity in the lead up to the CBD next month, this week the Landscapes Blog takes a closer look at the motivations behind conserving the ecosystem services provided by agricultural landscapes. A pilot project in Uganda, just entering its initial stages, is seeking to assess the effectiveness of inc…

Back at the beginning of September, around 400 participants convened in Vietnam, representing more than 150 countries, and including at least half of developing country ministries of agriculture. The Global Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change Conference held in Hanoi was convened by the Ministry of Agricultu…

With the IUCN World Conservation Congress complete and the Convention on Biological Diversity still ahead, the Landscapes Blog turns toward focusing on issues of agriculture and biodiversity. A new study in the journal Ecology Letters describes the bird diversity within Costa Rican agricultural landscapes. Lead author …

2012 is coming to a close with some fanfare, and major events on the horizon provide exciting opportunities to give voice to the nexus of sustainable agriculture, conservation, and rural livelihoods. The 11th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11), occurring every other year, …