Det ofte indforståede sprog, som benyttes af det internationale donorsamfund, har fået nye termer i kampen at sikre mad til alle (vi forventes at være to milliarder flere i 2050) og vel at mærke på samme tid beskytte miljøet som grundlag for alt liv.
RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 June 2012 (IRIN): A new and awkward term is doing the rounds at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It is “landscape science/ agriculture/ approach”, which now embraces “eco-agriculture”, “forest landscape restoration”, “territorial development”, “model forests”, “foodsheds”, “participatory watershed management”, “community-based natural resource management”, “biological corridors”, and many other connected concepts.
This is no fringe effort – its collaborators are important stakeholders such as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Resources Institute, and Conservation International, among others.
What is it?
As higher temperatures and erratic rainfall affect the lives of rural dwellers, this approach helps them develop and use their land and water resources more efficiently to earn a livelihood, produce food, maintain livestock and take care of other needs.
But they do it in a manner that causes minimum damage to the environment while helping to restore and maintain biodiversity, according to Sara Scherr, president and CEO of EcoAgriculture Partners, a co-organizer of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, a US-based non-profit organization.
The initiative hopes to use spatial technology (rumteknologi), for instance, to advise rural communities on which portion of the land in their village should be put under agriculture, or left alone to revive, to ensure the ecological balance is maintained.
It falls under the broader ambit (område) of sustainable development. The Rural Futures programme of the African Union, launched in 2010, is based on a similar approach, better known as integrated rural development.
How is it different?
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