Operationalizing integrated landscape approaches in the tropics

Abstract

Sectorial approaches to land management have singularly failed to fully integrate the fields of forestry, agriculture, health, infrastructure development, education, etc. This has led to a scattergun approach to solving problems related to both biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development. As a response, integrated landscape approaches have been, under various names, at the forefront of the sustainable development discourse. Such approaches have been advocated as a means of achieving global commitments as well as reconciling oft-competing land uses.