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

1. 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

2. 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

3. Core challenge: different sites, different issues

4. 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)

5. 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

6. The “Ten Commandments”...?

7. 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

8. 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

9. Thanks!
THINKING beyond the canopy