Public Policy for Integrated Landscape Management in Kenya

Introduction to National Dialogue

Seth Shames, EcoAgriculture PartnersWednesday, June 25th, 2014World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi

Landscapes for Food, Fiber, Water, Energy, Health, Livelihoods, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Climate

Move from here…

…to here

Collaborative, integrated, landscape-scale approach

How do we accomplish all of these objectives?

Single issue Single actor Small scale Single action

Multiple issuesMultiple actorsMultiple scales

Uncoordinated action

Collaborative, integrated approach

and action at landscape scale

The 3-legged stool

Integrated Landscapes: Key Features

1. Agreed management objectives encompass multiple landscape benefits

2. Collaborative, community-engaged processes for dialogue, planning, negotiating and monitoring decisions

3. Production practices contribute to multiple objectives 4. Interactions among different parts of the landscape

realize positive socio- ecological synergies or mitigate negative trade-offs

5. Market, tenure and policy frameworks are shaped to achieve the diverse set of objectives

Many approaches for ILM currently used!How can we scale up and coordinate?

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Co-Organizers

Some LPFN strategic partners

The Landscapes for People Food and Nature (LPFN) Approach

To promote & scale-up solutions for agricultural landscapes !

Dialogue Learning

Action

Kenya policy dialogue process objectives

Overall: Improve the policy and institutional framework for ILM in Kenya based on landscape leader engagement and policymaker engagement. ● To assess the elements of Kenya’s current policy and

institutional frameworks● To identify the policy needs and recommendations from

Kenyan Integrated Landscape Initiatives ● To identify ILM policy perspectives of key policymakers● To facilitate an exchange of ideas among landscape

leaders and policymakers ● To develop an action plan for landscape leaders and

policymakers to work together to improve the policy environment for ILM.

Review of Policy Dialogue process to date

●5 target sites: Embu, Bungoma, Lari, Laikipia, Naivasha

●3-day field consultations with key stakeholders

●Results synthesized into individual site reports and one synthesis report (which are available for your viewing)

●These results will be presented later in the day

Objectives of the next two days

●To communicate the concepts and benefits of ILM to key policymakers at national and county level

●To share experiences from the five landscapes with other landscapes actors and policymakers

●To highlight, validate and prioritize the recommendations from the five landscapes and policymakers for government action in support of ILM while identifying appropriate roles for civil society

●To identify action steps in support ILM at the landscape, county and national levels in Kenya

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