Appreciating diversity of integrated landscape approaches

Day 1Tuesday, 6 March11:15 – 11: 45 am

Objectives

●Illustrate diversity in landscape approaches to sustaining agriculture, meeting livelihood needs and maintaining healthy ecosystems

●Stimulate learning and networking within our community of landscape practitioners

Diversity of landscape contexts

Features of landscape approaches

●Landscape-scale focus on complex management problems

● Management of landscapes as complex socio-ecological systems

● Management for multiple objectives● Adaptive collaborative management ●Management through participatory

processes of social learning and multi-stakeholder negotiation

Case studies of landscape initiatives

●The Chiquitano Model Forest, Bolivia

●Rupa Watershed, Nepal●Namaqualand, South Africa●Conservation in the Cape Winelands, South Africa

The Chiquitano Model ForestHermes Justiniano

Foundation for the Conservation of the Chiquitano Forest (FCBC)Bolivia

Brazil

Paraguay

Bolivia

South America

Cerrado

Amazon Forest

Chaco

PantanalAndean

Landscape features 198820002009

Taking the lead● FCBC since year 2000

Key partners● Individual municipalities,

since 2005

● Commonwealth of Chiquitano Municipalities, since 2008

● Government of Santa Cruz● Private universities

since 2011

Beneficiaries● 12 municipal governments and

their population

● 5 Indigenous Community Lands ● Selected communities that

harvest wood and non-wood forest products

● Craftsmen and women

● A global population of 250.000 inhabitants

Actors and organizations involved

Principal interventions

● Strengthening the Model Forest concept and implementation

● Land use and occupation plans for municipalities

● Land use and resources management for indigenous territories

● Creation and strengthening of protected areas

● Sustainable forest management

● Strengthening of sustainable community enterprises based on forest products

● Training and professionalization of local leaders

●23 Indigenous communities / 1450 families doing sustainable management forestry and visibly improving their income and livelihoods

●7 Municipal Territories (14.5 Million hectares) with approved land use plans, emphasis added in maintenance of ecosystem services, specially water, to ensure human and animal life, agriculture production and long term sustainability

●7 new Municipal Parks created (1.7 Million hectares) for strict protection of watersheds and biodiversity, ensuring water availability for towns and communities

●12 Million hectares of watersheds declared as protected in one or more management levels

Watershed protection fromparks and forestry areas

Impacts so far

Rupa Watershed, Kaski, NepalSajal Sthapit,

Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)

Landscape Features

Actors and Organizations Involved

Jaibik Shrot Samrachan Abhiyan(Bioresources Conservation Movement)

Pratigya Co-op

Collect and sell value-added

products

Rupa Co-op

25% of profits reinvested in PES

KiDeKi(Farmer to Farmer)

Farmer to farmer trainings

Principal Interventions

●Awareness and Learning●Strengthening institutions●Participatory planning & implementation of

conservation & income generation activities

●Developing a collective vision

Impacts

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Namaqualand Wilderness Corridor , South Africa

Heidi Hawkins1, Ronald Newman1, Malinda Gardiner1, Tessa Mildenhall1, Ralph van der Poll1, Elmariza Smith1, Sarah Frazee1, Peter Carrick2 and

John Buchanan3

1Conservation South Africa, 2Nurture, Restore, Innovate, 3Conservation International

Namaqualand Wilderness Corridor

A landscape initiative within a hotspot

Succulent Karoo

Key organizations

●Conservation South Africa & CI●Nurture Restore Innovate●Agricultural Research Council●South African National Parks●Municipalities●Communal farmers ●Private farmers

Principle intervention: Enabling conservation by the people

●Biodiversity & Red Meat 1. Ecological monitoring2. Socioeconomic surveys3. Incentives (hand pumps,

training, dogs, premium)

4. Contract & Guidelinesi. Stock reductionii. Wetland managementiii. Wildlife friendly meativ. Stewardship

Transect-plots layout

Permanent metal droppers painted orange

25 m

25 m x 1 m belt transect

northerly direction

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“We gave up grazing in the wetlands and reduced our livestock, and in return we receive incentives and premiums to act as a cushion for the reductions”

Impacts over 2 years…

Conservancy46 communal and 3 private farmer members4600 ha of 21 000ha priority area Own Association formed

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●Stock sold (518, x2 carrying capacity)●Stock rotation monitored ●Livelihoods improved (EcoRangers,

monitors)●Water (26 000L/day) ●Markets for wildlife-friendly meat●The hope after 5 years:●improved rangeland condition●Land stewardship expanded from mountain to

sea, for benefit of all

Conservation in the Cape Winelands

Russell Galt, ICLEINairobi, 6 March 2012

Cape of

contrasts

Images: James Dickenson-Barker

THANKS!Questions or comments?

Diversity in landscape management

●Problem situations●Ecology and extent●History●Entry points and objectives ●Initiators and other actors●Management frameworks and indicators●Expertise●Financial resources●Implementation issues●Impacts

Appreciating diversity of integrated landscape approaches: group task

Task: Think about landscape initiatives with which you are familiar…

●In what important ways are they different?

●What do they have in common?●What key ingredients make them work?