Join the Dialogue for Rio
For the past few weeks we’ve been following organizations working in agriculture on the way to Rio+20. Last week, the blog highlighted the CGIAR Consortium‘s one stop shop for anything related to the...
View ArticleA Declaration in Gaborone on the Road to Rio
At the end of May, African ministers and heads of state representing ten countries came together in Gaborone, Botswana to discuss strategies for sustainable development on the continent. From this...
View ArticleRights and Resources for Rio
Land tenure has been increasingly implicated in the preservation of natural capital and local rural livelihoods. A new report by the Rights and Resources Institute examines the current state of land...
View ArticleLand-to-Sea Scapes
Tomorrow marks World Oceans Day, the idea for which was originally conceived 20 years ago at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With the UNCSD Rio+20 just weeks away, the issue is of particular...
View ArticleTowards the Future We Want for Food and Agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations (FAO), one of the ten co-organizers for the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, recently released a publication entitled...
View ArticleBuilding Alliances for People, Food, and Nature
Increasing food production, boosting rural incomes, improving human health, and restoring degraded land, rivers and habitats – these are critical needs that must be addressed in the upcoming Rio+20...
View ArticleDrivers of Change for the Issue of Food Security
With Rio+20 UNCSD taking place this week, the issues of development and sustainability continue to garner attention. The Landscapes Blog has been highlighting relevant reports, which discuss various...
View ArticleAgriculture’s Day at Rio+20
Yesterday marked the fourth Agriculture and Rural Development Day, and the first outside of a UNFCCC meeting. From the very beginning, it had a slightly different flavor: landscapes featured...
View ArticleAgencies for a Food Secure Future
Yesterday, the Rome-based United Nations agencies – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – along with the...
View ArticleAvoiding Future Famines
In an event yesterday, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) released the report Avoiding Future Famines: Strengthening the Ecological Foundation of Food Security through Sustainable Food...
View ArticleOn the Road from Rio: Partnerships Looking Forward
The Partnership Forum at Rio+20 consists of a series of events designed to highlight and promote some of the best partnerships currently contributing to the implementation of sustainable development....
View ArticleSustainable Development Leaders and Global Celebrities Join in Celebration
Every two years the Equator Initiative partnership awards the prestigious Equator Prize to outstanding local and indigenous community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable...
View ArticleA Case for a Green Agricultural Economy
Rio+20 has passed, but that doesn’t mean that agriculture and sustainable development are off the table. We are continuing to showcase some of the work in prep for Rio+20, relevant to landscapes for...
View ArticleManaging Water Resources with Integrated Approaches
While the Landscapes Blog has touched on many of the sustainable agriculture related events that occurred in Rio de Janeiro last month, it’s yet to highlight the day of events focused on one of the...
View ArticleOne Planet, One Future
Photo Credit: Neil Palmer/CIAT This week the Landscapes Blog has explored some of the recent work regarding agriculture and climate change, a critically important issue for both food security and the...
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