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)
Nature-our trusted ally in climate change fight
How can nature help us adapt to climate change and minimize its effects? This film explains the two solutions IUCN sees to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts - reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and ecosystems-based adaptation. …
18 Apr 2010 | Video
Supporting the planning and development of the Saramaccas’ forest territory
IUCN was invited to support Saramacca peoples through the facilitation of a training process that enabled them to identify different options for managing their territory and conserving biodiversity. …
16 Apr 2010 | News story
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Co-management and governance in Vietnam: some reflections
07 Apr 2010 | News story
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Spreading the benefits of Allanblackia seed oil
African forests are home to a small treasure: the Allanblackia tree, whose seeds can be turned into edible oil and integrated in many products of daily use. Chris Buss, of IUCN's Forest Conservation programme, explains the value of this seed and IUCN's role in promoting its commercialisation. If you think Allanblackia is a funny name, keep listening for an explanation! …
01 Apr 2010 | Audio
Les partenaires de la foret de Sablogo se dotent d'un manuel de procedure administrative financiere et comptable
Le 11 mars 2010, sous la coordination de la DRECV-CE, avec l’appui de l’initiative LLS, s’est tenu à Tenkodogo au Burkina Faso, un atelier de restitution du manuel de procédure administrative, comptable et financière devant réguler la gestion de la forêt de Sablogo.
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17 Mar 2010 | Event
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Les Ministères de la Planification et de l’Environnement s’approprient des outils de Suivi évaluation du programme LLS de l’UICN
L’UICN avec la collaboration du Ministère de l’Eau, de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Urbanisme, a formé 27 cadres de deux ministères burundais sur les outils de planification, suivi-évaluation participatif au cours d’un d’atelier de formation qui a duré 3 jours, du 13 au 15 janvier 2010. …
03 Mar 2010 | Fact sheet
Improving lives and protecting biodiversity in Guatemela
Central America is rich in natural and cultural diversity. But this ‘bio-cultural’ wealth is a stark contrast to the poor management of the region’s ecosystems, economic and social inequalities and some of the worlds’s highest rates of deforestation. As a response, IUCN is working through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) to sustain the flow of goods and services from forest landscapes for the benefit of local people and biodiversity. In Guatemala, LLS is underway at two sites, Lachua and Tacanà. This nine-minute video describes these two projects and the impact they are having.
The movie is currently in Spanish, but a version with English subtitles will be available soon on this site.
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26 Feb 2010 | Video
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Improving livelihoods in Guatemalan landscapes
In Guatemala, IUCN is working through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) to sustain the flow of goods and services from forest landscapes for the benefit of local people and biodiversity conservation. Wildtalk speaks to Jose Arturo Santos, coordinator of the Biodiversity and Sustainable Use Unit in IUCN’s country office in Guatemala, to learn more. …
23 Feb 2010 | Audio
Delivering Environmental Services in Landscapes: Experiences with PES through IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
10 Feb 2010 | Downloads - document
Restoring forests to improve livelihoods - four years of success and influence
In almost four years of existence, IUCN's Livelihoods and Landscape Strategy (LLS) has changed the lives of poor communities around the world by restoring forest services, improving livelihoods and creating means of income. Jamie Gordon, Knowledge Management Officer for LLS, describes a few of those success stories and explains how LLS experience has been adopted as a model by governments and donor organizations for new strategies. …
31 Jan 2010 | Audio
