“Shallow” private-sector engagement a major concern for integrated landscape...
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the World Agroforestry Centre’s Agroforestry World Blog. It discusses one key emerging finding of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative’s...
View ArticleBalancing multiple SDG-related outcomes of riparian buffers in the Volta Basin
In the Volta Basin of West Africa, rivers represent the life-blood of cultivation in the semi-arid north and are the key to hydropower generation in the south. Today, agricultural runoff, land use...
View ArticleFour science-backed suggestions for sustainable landscape investments
Interest in investing in sustainability is on the rise. With the Paris Climate Agreement and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals last year, the political demand to further sustainability...
View ArticleFour lessons for private sector engagement from the Sustainable Landscapes...
In North Sumatra, Indonesia, a complex mosaic of land uses, values and challenges, Conservation International (CI) is working with USAID and the Walton Family Foundation on the Sustainable Landscapes...
View ArticleCharacterizing the landscape approach across Europe
HERCULES project helps demonstrate how landscape initiatives in Europe foster the integrated management of the landscapes where they act. The landscape approach is gaining attention all over the world...
View ArticleFour unexplored big wins in agriculture: tackling climate change through...
At the Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakech in November, CIAT and the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems co-hosted a session titled, “Unexplored big wins for climate change through...
View ArticleWaste not: How businesses can turn a profit from poo
As part of WLE’s partnership with The Economist Events’ Sustainability Summit this March in London, the Thrive blog published a series of posts that discussed the role science plays in catalyzing...
View ArticleSaving two birds with one stone
This post originally appeared on the Thrive blog and we are re-publishing it here as one of the best posts of 2016 from LPFN partners. Bees, wasps, and hornets don’t always get along with humans....
View ArticleTree-planting Startup Shows 4 Steps to Raising Capital for Restoration
Amsterdam-based Land Life Company had an innovative idea: a patented technology that enables trees to grow in arid and degraded land. The three-year-old start-up recently raised $2.6 million to expand...
View ArticleOn Earth Day and every day, Science Matters for sustainable landscapes
Science is a pillar of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative because the partners know that without it, we cannot achieve our common mission: to create and sustain integrated...
View ArticleIUCN Netherlands and EcoAgriculture Partners debut the Landscape Investment...
Toolkit uses participatory process designed to help landscapes connect their plans to achieve the SDGs with the finance and investment they need. Finance plays a critical role in implementing the...
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