Welcome to the webinar Landscape approaches in

practice

With Cora van Oosten (CDI)and Claudia Schlangen (IDH)

The ‘landscape puzzle’

Policy integration

• Aligning sectoral policies

• To fit into place

• Enabling environment for business

Examples

• Agro-forestry in Rwanda

• Multi-functional concession design in

Indonesia

IDH Initiative for Sustainable LandscapesCase of the Central Highlands Vietnam: towards ecologically sustainable agricultural growth

16 June 2015

Sustainability journey of (agri) commodity companies

• Income and land use decisions depend on more than one crop/sector

• Issues in the landscape related to wellbeing of communities and farmers, water supplies, forests, need multi-stakeholder collaboration

• Increased attention for the role of government as an enabler and enforcer

Defining landscape

Landscape boundaries? • Jurisdictional • Watershed• Concession-based• Sense of community

Working definition:• Beyond the farm• Issue-based collaborations and definitions• Recognising interconnectivity (water, land, climate, )

IDH Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes

ISLA landscapes

- Intense commodity production;- Natural resource base under stress;- Interventions (quick wins) and public private landscape governance

Business case for landscape investment

Risk and opportunity • Reputational risks• Buyer requirement • License to operate• Legal compliance • Long term productivity• Cost-saving • Co-funding mobilization• Improved legislation• Improved stakeholder

relations

Common ‘entry points’ for business engagement in landscapes

Water risk Deforestation –free commitment

Social/community development (risk, commitments)

Holistic landscape approach

Business interest

Case: the Central Highlands region, Vietnam

5 provinces: Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum

The future looks bright in the CH…

• 49.1% of GDP with production value of $4.7 BLN

• Key crops produced: coffee, pepper, tea, horticulture, rice

• 80% total export revenue• Provide livelihood

o Rural labors: > 70%o Income per capita:

$1,345 • Key to poverty reduction

o Poverty rate decreased: 45.8% (2000) to 15.6% (2012)

…but several factors put the landscape at risk

Excessive water use for coffee irrigation, depletion of groundwater sources Deforestation

Decreasing surface water sources Soil erosion and nutrient loss

ChallengesIs the CH agricultural system depleting the natural resources on which its growth is so dependent?• Water

• competing claims of coffee, rice & other food crops, hydro power, human consumption

• Deforestation• water buffering capacity of the forest decreases• less shade trees• reduced pollination benefits

• Land suitability• coffee on steep slopes, in dry areas

• Farmers & communities• viability of small scale farming is questionable• monocropping & market volatility income & food insecurity• alternative income sources

• Institutional• land-use planning & enforcement, • trading in land titles

Ingredients for a solution

• Technical analysiso Hydrological mapping, land-use

mapping, drivers of deforestation

• Economic analysiso Business case for reduced/optimal

water-use by coffee farmerso Business case for reducing

deforestation and for restoration

• The power playo Who are the influential actors in

the area? Companies, government leaders? Get them on board in a coalition of the willing

• Institutional embeddednesso Government policy alignmento Government capacity