June 30, 2015
Producer Movements in Integrated Landscape Management
You can have a great idea, but it goes nowhere without someone on the ground to put it into practice. In the case of sustainable land management that means motivated farmers. At the landscape level that means producer movements with the capacity to engage in dialogue and action to integrate agriculture, rural development and environmental […] ...
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June 25, 2015
Rwandan Stakeholders Enact Plan to Facilitate Integrated Landscape Practices
David Kuria
KENVO
In an effort to combat ‘silo thinking’, stakeholders in Rwanda create a multifaceted approach targeting governance, research, investment and ground-level activities. The concept of Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) is gaining popularity across East Africa. Policy makers, development partners and field practitioners have begun to appreciate the fact that worki ...
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June 23, 2015
Coffee’s Other Ingredient and Why It Matters
Paul Cebul
Reach Trade
Coffee is a golden bean that awakens drinkers and economies around the world. However, like all good things, its production comes at a cost much more profound, and lasting, than the depths of our pocketbooks. We all love coffee. Even if you don’t drink it, I’m sure you’re well aware of its power to make […] ...
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June 19, 2015
Finance Leaders Pioneer Investment Coordination for Sustainable Landscapes
Seth Shames
EcoAgriculture Partners
How can private investors help dairy farmers, mushroom growers, and AIDS orphans lift themselves out of poverty and protect their environment? In a sense, this question was at the center of two LPFN-organized events at the Global Landscapes Forum: the Investment Case event in London last week. Each of these groups, small-scale dairy farmers, mushroom growers, […] ...
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June 10, 2015
Harvesting Under Fear
Anne-Sophie Gindroz
Rights and Resources Initiative
A new measure by the Indonesian Government to give some state protected areas back to communities for management seeks to change local farmers’ lives. But how permanent is it? They harvested their coffee during the dead of the night, using the faint light from their mobile phones to guide them, trying not to get caught […] ...
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June 8, 2015
East African landscape leaders gather to launch new learning network
Isaiah Esipisu
A recent knowledge and experience exchange workshop in Nairobi, which brought together landscape leaders from 15 different landscapes in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, laid the foundation for a regional landscape learning network. Despite some successes in East Africa with integrated approaches to landscape management, there are still many barriers and challenges ...
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