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February 1st, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Initiatives, News, Websites

By Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative The new blog of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative was launched on January 30th, 2012! This three-year collaborative Initiative, which officially commenced in November of 2011, aims to scale up successful strategies for integrated landscape management that simultaneously support rural livelihoods, improve food security, and [...]

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Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative: Launch of the blog on Monday 30 January!

January 27th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Initiatives, News, Websites

The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative is a collaborative three-year process of research, discussion, knowledge-sharing and advocacy to understand and support integrated agricultural landscape approaches to simultaneously meet goals for food production, ecosystem health and human wellbeing. The initiative is facilitated by EcoAgriculture Partners and Co-organizers from leading international institutions: Bioversity International; Conservation [...]

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The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research joins partners in launching new Landscapes for People, Food and Nature, an international initiative for dialogue, learning and action

November 2nd, 2011 | Announcements, Featured, Initiatives, News, Websites

A consensus is emerging that many of our production systems for food, forest and wetland products are unsustainable–for people, for long-term food and fiber supply and for nature. Yet from sustainable fish farming in Spain to rice intensification systems in Sri Lanka, people are working together in their landscapes to find better ways to meet [...]

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Ecosystems approach can improve food, water security.

September 1st, 2011 | Featured, News

A report released at World Water Week 2011 in Stockholm argues that treating farms, livestock and fisheries as ‘agroecosystems’ with vital ecological roles will boost productivity, prevent water crises, and protect crucial resources. The report, An Ecosystems Approach to Water and Food Security, was released on 22 August at World Water Week 2011, in Stockholm. [...]

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Desertification interventions take root in Senegal

June 14th, 2011 | Articles, Featured, Initiatives, News

As the first Africa Drylands Week unfolds (which will culminate with the annual World Day to Combat Desertification this Friday, June 17), it may be useful to look at the world’s trees and forests in terms of agrobiodiversity – or, more specifically, how their absence can significantly reduce biodiversity in a community, with severe social [...]

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The first Global Conference of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)

March 28th, 2011 | Featured, Initiatives, News

The first Global Conference of IPSI, consisting of the Assembly, Public Forum, and the Steering Committee meeting, was held in Aichi, Japan, 10-11 March 2011. The IPSI, an international platform launched at the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), facilitates the implementation of activities identified [...]

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More on LPFN new blog!

Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative: Launch of the blog on Monday 30 January!

The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research joins partners in launching new Landscapes for People, Food and Nature, an international initiative for dialogue, learning and action

Ecosystems approach can improve food, water security.

Desertification interventions take root in Senegal

The first Global Conference of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)

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