Livelihoods and landscapes strategies are plans to deliver human and environmental needs in large areas of land. They have a special emphasis on improving livelihoods through the sustainable use of forests. Each strategy is different, but they all combine technical, local and organisational knowledge, and aim to be environmentally friendly, financially sustainable and socially equitable. In achieving these multiple aims, decisions for different uses in different parts of a landscape often result in trade-offs that are negotiated between multiple stakeholders.
Livelihoods and Landscape Strategy (LLS)
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
"In this paper, we examine several case studies where participatory system dynamics modeling was applied to environmental management challenges, and explore how it contributed to promoting a landscape approach. The case studies are drawn from landscapes where conservation and development goals were mutually sought. More specifically, we examine whether participatory modeling helped in conceptualizing the landscape and its dynamics, in exploring possible interventions, and in facilitating discussions among multiple stakeholders. We also present lessons for using participatory modeling..." …
30 Aug 2010 | Downloads - document
Ghost Forest art project praised by IUCN Director General
IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefevre, has accepted the role of ambassador for a major art installation called “Ghost Forest”, by British artist Angela Palmer. …
11 Aug 2010 | News story
Livelihoods and landscapes in Orissa, India: from an enterprise-based approach towards whole landscape planning
In Orissa, India, IUCN Member Winrock International India (WII) is working with local communities to better manage forests within a wider agricultural landscape. …
21 Jul 2010 | Downloads - document
Estrategia de Medios de Vida y Paisajes
Más de dos mil familias y 36 organizaciones comunitarias del Valle de Acre (Estado de Acre) y la Municipalidad de Silves (Estado de Amazonas), en Brasil, se benefician de la implementación de la iniciativa Paisajes y Medios de Vida de la UICN. Desde el arranque de la iniciativa, y en un esfuerzo compartido con otras instituciones regionales, hasta hoy, hubo una reducción en el área de implementación del 21% en la tasa de deforestación, según la Central Unit of Geoprocessing Analisys – UCGEO de State of Acre Technology Foundation – FUNTAC. …
20 Jul 2010 | Project completed
Plan d'Aménagement et de Gestion de la forêt de Sablogo
L’Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la nature (UICN) programme du Burkina, a tenu un atelier de validation du Plan d’Aménagement et de Gestion de la forêt de Sablogo le mercredi 07 juillet 2010 à Tenkodogo dans la région du Centre Est du Burkina.
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20 Jul 2010 | News story
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From the field
A round-up of some of the work under way by IUCN regional offices on ecosystem valuation and investment. …
07 Jul 2010 | Article
Lessons learned from improving forest governance in Acre, Brazil
This new publication not only analyses the lessons learned in Acre, Brazil, from IUCN's global forest governance project Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), but is itself part of an ongoing local process of social learning about governance and forests. …
24 Jun 2010 | News story
L'UICN au Cameroun signe un accord de collaboration avec la SEFAC
Le 04 Juin 2010, s’est déroulée dans la salle de réunion de la Société d’Exploitation Forestière et Agricole du Cameroun (SEFAC) à Libongo au Cameroun, la cérémonie de signature de l’accord de collaboration entre le Programme Cameroun de l’UICN-PACO et la SEFAC, portant sur le développement des activités du Programme « Paysage et Moyens d’Existence » (LLS) autour des concessions du Groupe SEFAC. …
22 Jun 2010 | Fact sheet
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Ridge to Reef workshop develops new global initiative
Healthy well-managed river basins and coastal areas, where people and nature thrive, is the vision behind the development of a new IUCN initiative 'Ridge to Reef'. …
21 Jun 2010 | News story
