Integrating Livelihoods and Multiple Biodiversity Values in Landscape Mosaics:  From Knowledge to Action

There is widespread acknowledgement that integrated landscape management will be possible only if local priorities and knowledge are incorporated in land use and conservation planning. This is especially true in rural landscapes that are outside of protected areas but partially covered by trees and forests. The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in collaboration with the Centre for International Forest Research (CIFOR) is implementing a project titled “Integrating Livelihoods and Multiple Biodiversity Values in Landscape Mosaics ” in an effort to contribute to integration of improved livelihoods of rural communities and biodiversity conservation in a set of tropical landscape mosaics of high biodiversity conservation value. This novel project is implemented under a joint ICRAF-CIFOR Biodiversity Platform and is implemented in 5 landscapes in global biodiversity hotspot areas in Africa and Asia. The project is founded on a new paradigm for biodiversity management that integrates protected areas into broader landscapes of human use and biodiversity conservation. The landscape management approach is particularly important in mixed-use landscapes