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CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

ACTIVE PROJECT

Operationalising the landscape approach for biodiversity and benefits: Policy, practice and people

Operationalising the landscape approach for biodiversity and benefits: Policy, practice and people

Duration: June 2018 - August 2025

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Descriptions

This project aims to address persistent gaps between strong scientific theory and weak implementation. It does so by operationalizing an integrated landscape approach in Ghana, Indonesia and Zambia. The project facilitates multistakeholder dialogue to benefit actors across multiple sectors and decision-making scales and to enhance the capacity of stakeholders engaged in the target landscapes.

In doing so, the project contributes to existing knowledge on the effectiveness of a landscape approach. It improves capacity for implementation, enhances landscape sustainability and empowers marginalized groups to more effectively participate in decision-making dialogues. Through the Global Landscape Forum, it feeds into global landscape discourses.

Amy Ickowitz

Principal Investigator

Details

Project locations

Ghana, Zambia, Indonesia

Project duration

June 2018 - August 2025
(7 years, 3 months)

Thematic areas

  • Theme 4: Governance, Equity and Wellbeing (GEW)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  • Life on land

Project team

Linda Yuliani

Scientist

Mathurin Zida

Scientist

Houria Djoudi

Senior Scientist

Kaala Moombe

Senior Researcher

Amy Ickowitz

Senior Scientist

James Reed

Scientist

Funders

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