Blog for People, Food and Nature

December 3, 2020

Publications and Events of the LPFN: 2011-2020

A compilation of the publications and events of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, during 2011-2020 ...
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September 10, 2019

Frameworks for Integrating Conservation and Development Approaches and Scaling Impact

This report synthesizes strategic lessons from the CARE-WWF Alliance’s recent decade of programming in Mozambique, Nepal and Tanzania, and proposes generic frameworks to help guide future programming. ...
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September 10, 2019

Collection of CARE-WWF Alliance Learning Briefs

The collection of seven briefs linked here share lessons learned from integrated conservation and development programs in Mozambique, Nepal and Tanzania carried out by the CARE-WWF Alliance. ...
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June 21, 2019

Exploring Property Rights and Tenure in Integrated Landscape Management

Social-ecological landscapes comprise multiple ecological niches and land uses, as well as diverse, and often overlapping, jurisdictions for land and resource management which can pose particular challenges for land governance and property rights. The complex constellation of rights and various degrees of security to those rights that exist can be confusing. This confusion make ...
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June 20, 2019

The Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows

This practical two-phase approach helps stakeholders identify sources of finance for new investment ideas, find the current financial flows that are most in need of transformation, and/or better understand the elements of a landscape’s financial context that require support. ...
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December 6, 2018

Spatial modelling of participatory landscape scenarios

Spatially explicit modeling tools can be helpful in participatory scenario development with stakeholders from multiple sectors. In a set of three case studies by PBL and EcoAgriculture Partners, this combined approach demonstrated the potential to achieve progress on multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) simultaneously. This synthesis report presents lessons that can be ...
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November 29, 2018

Spatial scenario modelling to support integrated landscape management in the Kilombero valley landscape in Tanzania

The importance of spatial scenario modelling to credibly support pathways to achieving the SDGs, and how our tool was applied to this effect, is clear in this case study. ...
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November 29, 2018

Towards a Living Landscape: using modelling and scenarios in the Atewa-Densu landscape in Ghana

Read this case study to understand how applying our spatial scenario modeling tool helped sharpen the plan that accompanies the Living Landscape Vision, and make the case for alternatives to destructive mining. ...
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November 29, 2018

Spatial scenario modelling to support integrated landscape management in the Caribbean North Coast of Honduras

View the details of the application of our spatial scenario modeling tool in this dynamic landscape. ...
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October 14, 2018

Assessing Landscape Governance: A participatory approach

This manual introduces a method of assessing landscape governance in a participatory way. It involves four criteria: 1) inclusive decision-making in the landscape; 2) culture of collaboration in the landscape; 3) coordination across landscape sectors, levels and actors; and 4) sustainable landscape thinking and action. ...
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