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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

Central Component Sustainable Landscapes Initiatives - Landscape for Our Future

Central Component Sustainable Landscapes Initiatives - Landscape for Our Future

Duration: December 2020 - December 2025

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Description

Complex sustainable development challenges require integrated solutions such as landscape approaches. These approaches aim to balance competing land-use demands in ways that advance human well-being and strengthen the resilience of natural systems. Recognizing the importance of such innovations, the European Commission established the Landscapes For Our Future Program in 2020. This currently supports 23 integrated landscape management initiatives across the Global South. In this project, CIFOR and ICRAF will offer technical guidance on these initiatives and co-generate, synthesize and disseminate knowledge and lessons from their implementation. Since reliable evidence on best landscape development practices, strategies and pathways remains elusive, this project will enable policy makers and practitioners alike to develop and scale more effective and landscape-appropriate integrated SDG solutions.

The geographic locations of this project are: Bolivia, Brazil/Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic/Chad, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Mauritius, Myanmar, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome, Senegal, Timor Leste, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Kim Geheb

Principal Investigator

Details

Project locations

Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Ecuador, Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Lao People's Dem Rep, Mauritius, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, East Timor, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Project duration

December 2020 - December 2025
(5 years)

Thematic areas

  • Resilient Landscape
  • Theme 3: Sustainable Value Chains and Investments (VC)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  • Life on land

Project team

Anne Larson

Team Leader, Governance, Equity and Wellbeing Research Team

George Schoneveld

Principal Scientist

Kim Geheb

Senior Scientist - SILM

Funders

Partners