Side Event at the Ninth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on
Biological Diversity, Bonn, Germany. May 22, 2008
The Bigger Picture Of Forest Conservation: What Is The Demand For Landscape
Approaches?
In response to the increasing challenges of conserving forest biodiversity in
tropical, developing countries, landscape- and ecosystem-level approaches that
are inclusive of, but broader than, protected areas have been presented as
potential, adaptive solutions to mediating the trade-offs between conservation
and livelihoods. However, for who, when and where are these approaches needed?
What should research on landscapes address, and what type of information and for
whom? And, what should an ideal, flexible “landscape approach” look like?
Through a series of presentations and panel discussion, representatives from
international research centres and conservation agencies will address these
questions with the aim of working towards an account of best practice in
landscape approaches and outlining a consensus on the future direction of
landscape approaches to forest conservation.
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