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Integrated landscape management for people, food and nature Dr Christine Negra Research Program, EcoAgriculture Partners Landscapes Research Forum Cornell University October 10, 2013
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In October 2013, the Cornell Landscapes Research Forum brought together faculty and guest speakers interested in socio-ecological landscape approaches to understanding complex problems and opportunities at the interface of ecosystem conservation, sustainable agricultural production, livelihood security, and multi-stakeholder governance, and in designing or scaling up strategies to address them. In this slideshow, Dr. Christine Negra discusses the work of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LFPN) Inititative, an international collaborative initiative of cross-sectoral knowledge sharing, dialogue and action to support the integrated management of rural landscapes for food production, ecosystem conservation, and sustainable livelihoods. Dr. Negra, who is co-Leader of the research working group of the Initiative, discusses the five working groups of the Initiative and some of the exciting knowledge products they have released so far. For more information about LPFN, please visit landscapes.ecoagriculture.org.
Transcript of Cornell Landscapes Research Forum Slides (Dr. Christine Negra)
Integrated landscape management for people, food and nature
Dr Christine NegraResearch Program, EcoAgriculture Partners Landscapes Research Forum
Cornell UniversityOctober 10, 2013
Objective: To catalyze scaling up integrated landscape management (ILM), for:●Climate-resilient, diversified
agricultural production●Secure access to food, fuel,
fiber ●Rural livelihoods and culture●Biodiversity●Watershed functions ●Terrestrial climate mitigation
LPFN ‘Value-Added’
●Foster dialogue and action among diverse groups ●pool resources for advocacy and outreach●link high-level policy initiatives and landscape
actors
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●Synthesize diverse knowledge sets
●Promote learning and document experience across communities of practice
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2)
IUCN World Conservation
Congress
Nairobi International
Forum
Summit for Sustainability in
Africa (Botswana)
Rio+20
Stockholm World Water Week
Second Global Conference on
Agriculture, Food Security, and
Climate Change (Hanoi)
Committee for World Food Security. 39th Session
UNFCCC COP 18 (Doha)
Climate-Smart Agricultural Global Science Conference
(UC Davis)
Organization of LPFN Initiative●9 Co-organizers ●Many strategic
partners●6 working groups●Secretariat:
EcoAgriculture
Co-Organizers
Strategic Partners
Working Groups
Secretariat
Some LPFN strategic partners
Examples of current EcoAg / LPFN funders
●UNEP-GEF: core LPFN support●NORAD: civil society engagement in ILM ●Moore: business engagement; governance; ILI review
(LA)●Int’l Finance Corporation: biodiversity & agricultural
commodities ●CGIAR: agricultural C projects; ecosystem services and
resilience; ILI review (Asia)●World Bank: scaling up ‘agroforestry’; environment &
commodity landscapes●TerrAfrica: sustainable land management
Global Review – ILM ‘knowledge products’• Continental reviews of integrated landscape initiatives
• Social and institutional aspects
• Supportive policy and governance
• Supportive market mechanisms
• Priority investments
• Landscape science for development research agenda
Science & Knowledge, WG5
Landscape Strengthening, WG1
Business, WG3
Policy, WG2
Financing, WG4
Global Review Products Completed
Continental reviews of landscape initiatives
Climate-smart landscape planning
Linking climate change mitigation & adaptation
Agro-ecological intensification Finance for climate-smart
agriculture Impact of eco-certification Landscape approach to
sustainable sourcing Water management in
landscapes
Global Review Products Underway
Agrobiodiversity in landscapes
Market mechanisms for ILM Financing ILM Policy tools for ILM Governance for ILM Producer movements
Global Review: some examples
Agroecological intensification (KP 1.3)
●Meta-review of yield, ecosystem services (ES) and extent of AEI
●Five illustrative AEI approaches:●Conservation agriculture ●Holistic grazing management●Organic agriculture●Precision agriculture●System of Rice Intensification
(SRI)
Agroecological intensification (cont.)●Evidence of outcomes●SRI: positive and win-win outcomes●Other AEI: mixed
●Extent of adoption●1st order estimates●Best data for organic agriculture
●AEI literature gaps:●Multi-functionality●Temporal dimensions●Quantification of yield and ES
Review of ILIs in Latin America (KP 0.1)●Surveyed 104 integrated landscape
initiatives in 21 countries●Motivations and outcomes for 4
‘domains’ of multi-functionality: ●Agriculture●Conservation●Livelihoods●Institutional planning / coordination
ILIs in Latin America
●ILI ‘life cycle’: 4 stages●Identity –> institutions –>
implementation –> results at scale●Success factors: policy, funding,
social conditions, stakeholder interest, landscape size and population density
●Research needed:●Objective, quantitative assessments
of the outcomes of ILIs
Landscape approach for sustainable sourcing (KP5.1)
●Understand when and why agribusinesses think – and act – at landscape scale
●Global scoping: 27 examples, 3 case studies
Strategic Advisory Committee: World Business Council for Sustainable Development, IFC, Rio Tinto, Unilever, Nestlé and Mars Inc.
Working Group: Conservation International, Rainforest Alliance, Solidaridad, African Wildlife Foundation, World Resources Institute, Fauna and Flora International, Root Capital, University of Greenwich, and EcoAgriculture Partners.
●Risks / rationales Volatile market prices, farmer incomes Declining production (climate, aging farmers)
Env’l risks (deforestation, GHGs, water)
●Modes Supply chain intervention (C.A.F.E. practices) Regional producer support interventions (farmer loans)
Carbon payments
●Research needed:Potential of landscape approach to reduce risks in key sourcing regions
Starbucks and CI: landscape approach to coffee in Mexico, Indonesia and Brazil
A few other EcoAgriculture projects
●Grant-making facility (IFC, Chemonics International, EcoAgriculture Partners)
●Protect biodiversity in agricultural commodity landscapes through BMPs, supply chain approaches
●Market Transformation Strategies for palm oil, soy, and cocoa
●20 projects in 9 countries for a total $6.3m
Brazil: Solidaridad and Sustainable Soy ●Inclusion of Biodiversity Friendly
Smallholder Soy in Preferential Markets
●Assist producers with certification under Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS)●Smallholder Soy Self-Assessment
Toolkit ●BMP demonstration and training●Link certified soy to CSR
frontrunner companies●Innovative no-till weed
management pilot
Tree-based ecosystems approaches (TBEAs)
●Literature review of TBEAs at scale●40 different TBEAs across 111
sites in 53 countries●Drivers: improve soil, income,
subsistence production
●Wide variety of quantitative and qualitative descriptions of impacts
●Poor description of TBEA adoption and extent
TBEAs: recommendations
●Shared conceptual framework for assessing impacts across different sites
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●Spatial analyses to determine geographic distribution and extent of TBEAs
●Comprehensive case studies to understand scaling up processes and dynamics at landscape scale
Directions for research collaboration●Address literature gaps in multi-
functionality, temporal dimensions of ILM●Agree definitions / metrics for ILM adoption
and scaling up●Test meta-hypothesis:●Improved multi-stakeholder processes
improved practices and policies increased multi-functionality in landscapes
Today●Get to know each other and find areas of common
interest / synergy
●Identify existing projects where we could usefully support each other
●Work toward proposals that tackle complex, multi-disciplinary challenges
October - December
January●Bring strategic partners and prospective funders to
Cornell to design research for development initiatives
Discussion groups●Topics of high interest for EcoAg / LPFN ●Scaling up ILM (incl private sector) – Rice 300●Understanding / managing multi-functional
landscapes – Bruckner 224●Managing / governing multi-stakeholder ILM
systems – Rice 109
●Initiate a concept note●Research for development problem statement●Indicative research activities●Ideas for funders and partners (Cornell and beyond)
to investigate
www.landscapes.ecoagriculture.orgblog.ecoagriculture.org
Thank you!
