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Seeking synergies to improve landscape management in southern Zambia
As part of an effort to operationalize an integrated landscape approach in southern Zambia, the COLANDS (Collaborating to operationalize landscape…
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In a West African wildlife corridor, landscape actors unite around good governance
The Western Wildlife Corridor (WWC) is a key migration path for animals moving from the Ranch de Nazinga wildlife reserve…
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Does funding to integrate conservation and development go where it is most needed?
Over the past few decades, initiatives that aim to integrate conservation goals and development targets at a landscape scale have…
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Evidence base still weak, despite popularity of integrated landscape approaches
As the concept and principles of integrated landscape approaches (ILA) become increasingly popular, researchers and practitioners must consider not only…
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Characterizing and evaluating integrated landscape initiatives
The pressing environmental and social challenges driven by deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, poverty and food insecurity often intersect in…
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Getting landscape approaches off the ground, on the ground
“Landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives…
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Forests sustaining agriculture?
CIFOR and its partners recently completed a near three-year review process that examines how forests and trees can support, or…
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COP22 Special: What does the landscape approach look like in practice?
What are integrated landscape approaches and how do we put them in practice on the ground? These questions – important…
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‘Implementation, implementation, implementation – just not necessarily in that order’
“Implementation, implementation, implementation – just not necessarily in that order.” This was the response of Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of OECD,…
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The landscape approach: How did we get here and where do we want to go? Just ask Darwin!
Charles Darwin’s theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest were initially derided and rejected, leading Darwin himself to…
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