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BC0416-14
TitleEnhancing multifunctionality through system improvement and landscape democracy processes: a synthesis
AuthorPeter A Minang, Lalisa A. Duguma, Meine van Noordwijk and Ravi Prabhu
EditorsPeter A Minang, Meine van Noordwijk, Olivia E. Freeman, Cheikh Mbow, Jan de Leeuw and Delia Catacutan
Year2015
Book TitleClimate-Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality In Practice
PublisherWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
City of PublicationNairobi, Kenya
Number of Pages of the book17
Pages389-405
Call NumberBC0416-14
Abstract:
The landscape approach has been increasingly featured in the literature as a viable and reliable approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, development, climate change and other competing land uses and objectives in the context of sustainability (DeFries & Rosenweig, 2010; Scherr et al., 2012; Sayer et al., 2013). At the same time there is growing recognition that landscapes are complex socio-ecological systems with a mosaic of land uses, multiple stakeholders, with diverse and sometimes conflicting objectives and perspectives. Therefore managing landscapes requires an equally sophisticated approach that can work within the complexity involved. However, such sophistication must not stand in the way of sufficiently pragmatic simplicity required to ensure successful implementation. Hence, the question has arisen on how to best facilitate a landscape approach to enable effectiveness, efficiency and equity in practice. This chapter synthesizes cross-cutting process elements from the chapters in this book and proposes a process-based approach to facilitate sustainable multifunctional landscapes in practice. It also draws on the chapters and some of the examples within, as well as broader literature to highlight and demonstrate the relevance and usefulness of process in a landscape approach
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