International Course: Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People

New course from Initiative partners Wageningen UR, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

The Application deadline has passed.

Course fees: €2300

From forests to landscapes

Forested landscapes worldwide are increasingly integrated in global processes of trade, market development, resource exploitation and climate change. This is why landscapes are increasingly considered to be appropriate levels to negotiate land use options. Within forested landscapes food production, commodity agriculture, biodiversity, resource extraction and other land uses are competing for space. Negotiation and conflict mediation between stakeholders and their interests are therefore increasingly needed. A new breed of professionals is high in demand. Are you ready to be challenged?

You will learn how to

• critically examine landscape dynamics at various levels and scales
• understand and assess the implications of up-scaling participation to working with diverse stakeholder groups at landscape level
• identify, develop and support new governance arrangements at landscape level, and assess the institutional capacity they need to be effective
• assess you own role as process manager, and further develop your competencies as a facilitator of landscape governance processes on the ground.