How to Invest in Integrated Landscape Management to Achieve the SDGs
Organised by
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, EcoAgriculture Partners, Millennium Institute, Biovision Foundation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Summary
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will provide a comprehensive framework for action on a variety of objectives related to sustainable land use. However, the number of Goals raises the specter of increasing competition for financial resources, conflicts among Goals, capacity constraints, and potential over-exploitation of natural resources and ecosystems that underpin many of the Goals. Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) – an approach in which a group of stakeholders in a given landscape collaborate to achieve landscape scale outcomes that are critical for each of the individual stakeholders – offers a promising means of implementation of the SDGs. These kinds of landscape partnerships are on the rise, and a growing number of public and private funds are now seeking to invest in integrated landscapes. The tools and strategies evolving for ILM explicitly focus on realizing synergies among different landscape objectives, and identifying and managing trade-offs, in the context of democratic and inclusive governance. This side event will focus on:
· why integrated landscapes are an effective means of implementation of the SDGs,
· how public and private investments can be designed and coordinated in landscapes in support of SDG
· how governments can support integrated landscape investment.
Related Information
- Side Event Webpage
- EcoAgriculture Partners
- Millennium Institute
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Review of Financing Institutions and Mechanisms
- Integrated Landscape Initiative Analysis
- Financing Strategies for Integrated Landscape Investment
- Integrated Landscape Management for Policymakers
- City Regions As Landscapes for People Food and Nature
Contact
For inquiries regarding this side event, please contact
- Seth Shames, sshames@ecoagriculture.org, +1 202-393-5315
- Louis Wertz, lwertz@ecoagriculture.org, +1202-393-5315