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There’s been little consensus on applying ‘landscape approaches’ and ‘ecosystem approaches’: general principles and guidelines have been largely missing. This presentation gives an overview of work by CIFOR and partners in refining ‘landscape approaches’ and gives ten principles for a landscape approach at the nexus of agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses. CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland gave this presentation during Tree Diversity Day, held on 11 October 2012 at the 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Tree Diversity Day was organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. For more information visit www.worldagroforestry.org/crp6/events/tree-diversity-day-cbd-cop11
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The landscape approach: Ten principles to apply at the nexus of
agriculture, conservation and other competing land-uses
Terry Sunderland Tree Diversity Day
CBD COP, Hyderabad, India 11th October 2012
Shooting in the dark..?
• Large body of literature on “landscape approaches” and “ecosystem approaches” but little consensus on applicability
• General principles and guidelines have been largely missing
• However, need to avoid “one size fits all” approach
• Complex landscapes; complex challenges
Core challenge: different sites, different issues
New approaches • Since 2008, CIFOR and mul5ple partners working on defining
and refining broad “landscape approaches” building on previous ini5a5ves
• How? Review of published literature, mul5ple workshops for consensus building, conferences/side events, e.g. Diversitas, IUFRO, CBD Bonn, Nagoya
• Validated by survey of field prac55oners • Based on this on-‐going work, SBSTTA commissioned a report
on “sustainable use of biodiversity at the landscape scale” (see hSp://www.cbd.int/doc/mee5ngs/sbsSa/sbsSa-‐15/official/sbsSa-‐15-‐13-‐en.pdf)
So, what is new? • The landscape approach has been
re-‐defined to include societal concerns related to conserva5on and development trade-‐offs and nego5ate for them
• Increased integra5on of poverty allevia5on goals
• Increased integra5on of agricultural produc5on and food security
• Emphasis is on adap5ve management, stakeholder involvement and mul5ple objec5ves
The “Ten Commandments”...?
Ten principles for a landscape approach • Con5nual learning and adap5ve management • Common concern entry point • Mul5ple scales • Mul5-‐func5onality • Mul5-‐stakeholder • Nego5ated and transparent change • Clarifica5on of rights and principles • Par5cipatory and user-‐friendly monitoring • Resilience • Strengthened stakeholder capacity
What impact? • Recommenda5on XV/6
"sustainable use" from SBSTTA XV (includes work on bushmeat)
• Tabled for adop5on at this COP by par5es
• Sayer et al: The landscape approach: ten principles to apply at the nexus of agriculture, conserva5on and other compe5ng land uses [in press] Proceedings of the Na2onal Academy of Science
THINKING beyond the canopy
Thanks!
