Collaborating to Operationalise Landscape Approaches
for Nature, Development and Sustainability (COLANDS)
Ghana inception workshop introduction
Members of the COLANDS initiative joined with key stakeholders in Ghana’s Western Wildlife Corridor for a workshop 12-13 April 2022 in Bolgatanga, Ghana, to share experiences and knowledge in landscape management, engaging stakeholders in a landscape approach to shea landscape management, and assessing capacity and identifying capacity building needs.
Participants included traditional chiefs, representatives from government and non-governmental organizations, community groups, district assemblies, research organizations, and the private sector.
Discussions included how best to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue to benefit actors across multiple sectors and decision-making scales, raising awareness of the value of biological diversity in complex landscapes to inform national policies, and empowering marginalized groups to effectively participate in decision-making processes.
From Project to Process: Pitfalls and Potential of Implementing Long-term Integrated Landscape Approaches
COLANDS Session at the GLF Climate 2021 in Glasgow 6 November 2021
Members of the COLANDS initiative presented research findings from three countries – Ghana, Indonesia and Zambia – during the session “Project to process: The pitfalls and potential of implementing long-term integrated landscapes approaches” held on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021.
The event was part of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Climate: Frontiers of Change conference 5-7 November 2021, held alongside the climate summit. COLANDS team members discussed findings and answered questions about their work, which aims to help to fill important knowledge gaps with regard to applying Integrated Landscape Approaches (ILA).
COLANDS brings a science-based, yet practical, focus for large-scale work to reconcile livelihood, environmental and biodiversity goals among stakeholders with varied and often conflicting concerns in a shared landscape – all while confronting climate change.
