ecosystem services in healthy rural landscapes
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Bioversity International scientist Fabrice DeClerck opens the session 'Ecosystem Services and Healthy Rural Landscapes" at the Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference in Costa Rica, 8-12 September, 2014. Fabrice introduces some of the collaborative work with partners such as the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, Conservation International and Ecoagriculture Partners through the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative. Read more about our landscapes work: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/agricultural-ecosystems/landscapes/TRANSCRIPT
Ecosystem Services in Healthy Rural LandscapesFabrice DeClerck and Wieteke Louise WillemenSeptember 10, 2014 ESP7
Why are rural and cultivated landscapes critical?
A Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Rockstrom et al. 2009. Nature 469
Line figure; escherIPBES deliverables on poloination andLand degradation
Kate Raworth, Donut Economics
Based on Five Core Principles
1. Meeting the needs of people is fundamental
2. People and nature are fundamentally linked
3. Cross scale and cross level interaction can be managed to positively impact development outcomes
4. Governance mechanisms are vital tools for achieving equitable access to and provision of ecosystem services
5. Building resilience is about enhancing capacities to sustainably develop in an uncertain world
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Moving Beyond Ideology to Close Yield Gaps and “Nature Gaps” in 21st Century Agriculture: A Review of the Multi-Functionality of Five Systems of Agroecological Intensification Jeffrey C. Milder1,2*†, Kelly Garbach3*, Fabrice A.J. DeClerck4*, Laura Driscoll5, Maywa Montenegro5, and Barbara Herren6
Integrated Landscape Initiatives in LACWhat challenges and issues are motivating ILIs?
Chiquitano Model Forest, Bolivia
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Other research activities
●Global review of Asian Landscapes●Published paper on Certification and
Biodiversity conservation●State of Landscape Science review●Funding opportunities for landscape work●Global representation of landscape science●GLF, CGIAR Development Dialogues, Regional
Consultations, SDG Consultations
General Outline
Morning Session
10:30 Introduction F. DeClerck
10:40 The Conservation International Perspective C. Harvey
11:00 The Business Perspective. J. Milder
11:20 FAO and Policy Perspectives. A. Bogdanski
11:40 TEEB for Food and Agriculture. D. Miller
12:10 Panel Discussion: Frameworks and Perspectives
General Outline
Afternoon Session1:30 Landscape science. W.L. Willemen13:50 A rapid approach for assessing AE function in homegardens of
Timor Leste S. Attwood14:05 Understanding Water Benefit Trade-offs. Y. Kura14:20 Ecosystem based adaption for small holder farmers
C. Harvey14:35 Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes
M. Camardelli Uzeda 14:50 Implications of Design Approach for Healthy Rural Landscapes
E. Berthet15:05 Soil Ecosystem Services in Livestock Agroecosystems
A. Solarte Sanchez15:20 Coffee
General OutlineAfternoon Session Cont.
15:40 Panel Discussion of Presentations16:00 Bridging Agriculture and Conservation in the SDG’s
S. Wood16:10 Plan of Action for 2015