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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!