Blog for People, Food and Nature

Fabrice DeClerck, Senior Scientist Agrobiodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Resilience Bioversity International, Rome, Italy 5:00 A.M. Soon the sun will be up, and here in Costa Rica it’s like flipping on the light switch – one moment its dark, the next its full sun. I roll out of bed to throw on some field clothes…

While adaptation and climate change mitigation in agriculture are usually managed at the farm, plot, or crop level, a landscape-level approach can increase agriculture’s “climate smartness.” That means achieving multiple goals - adaptation and mitigation of climate change, while also meeting agricultural producti…

"There is no room for delay on integrated, strategic policy action that confronts the difficult trade-offs facing the global food system and sets a new course toward long-term sustainability." The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, established to identify policy changes and actions needed to …

By Jady Smith, Program Director – Asia Live & Learn Environmental Education, Melbourne, Australia “For each village there is a different culture” This saying reflects the strong sense of pride in the cultural diversity and local heritage of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The country is also recognized as having some…

By Kristin Komives, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager ISEAL Alliance, London, UK “...we have examples of long-standing members refreshing their standards to address landscape issues, and new standards that address certification from a landscape lens.” Faced with the challenge of reducing the social and environ…

“If the focus becomes functional landscapes then forests can also be seen within the context of such landscapes.” - Meine Van Noordwijk, Lead author  The World Agroforestry Centre's blog recently highlighted a book published at the end of 2011 on trees in multifunctional landscapes as means of dealing with cl…