We are delighted to invite you to the Landscape Leaders Summit: LAC ILM 2024, taking place in Manizales, Colombia, from December 3-6, 2024. This gathering will be a unique opportunity for ILM practitioners across Latin America and the Caribbean to engage in highly participatory and dynamic discussions. Organized by the Central LFF Component Team in collaboration with Paisajes Sostenibles/FAO Colombia, the event will feature Liberating Structures to foster multidirectional dialogue, as well as a field visit to Los Nevados National Natural Park, where we will explore on-the-ground landscape management practices. Participants will also have the opportunity to collaborate on scientific publications, capturing case studies and lessons learned from our collective experiences. We will be discussing these papers during the event, and selected attendees may become co-authors, contributing their insights and expertise to these impactful publications.
Our focus this year is on exchanging practical experiences, sharing valuable lessons learned, and discussing innovative strategies for overcoming common challenges in ILM. To make the event as impactful as possible, we are especially keen to welcome participants who are actively engaged in project implementation on the ground, as their insights are crucial for our discussions.
Who Should Attend?
We encourage the participation of individuals deeply engaged in the practical implementation of ILM initiatives. Ideal attendees are those who bring firsthand experiences, lessons, and insights from working directly in the field. These representatives would share how on-the-ground actions influence and shape landscape outcomes, emphasizing collaborative and adaptive management practices.
Logistics
- We will cover hotel accommodation, meals, and other event-related expenses for one representative per project. A second representative is welcome to attend, though they would need to cover their own expenses.
- If you require assistance, such as a visa or invitation letter, please let us know.
Background | Antecedentes
Landscape approaches have gained global relevance with variations such as ecosystem-based planning, watershed management, and conservation agriculture. Common to all these approaches is the call for integration, emerging out of the recognition that silos are a major problem in Natural Resources Management (NRM) and governance. Integration is a concept explicitly addressed in Integrated Landscape Management (ILM), Integrated Water Resources Management, the Water-Food-Energy Nexus and other NRM approaches. The idea of ILM remains broad, and there is no single way to ‘do’ ILM. At its most basic, ILM calls for using landscapes as a conceptual unit around which integration can be achieved and management implemented. Nevertheless, operationalizing ILM remains a challenge.
Many landscapes approaches have been attempted in Latin America and the Caribbean, generating a valuable body of knowledge and experience. These include several LFF projects that are now nearing completion.
Los enfoques integrados de gestión de paisajes (GIP) han ganado relevancia mundial, incluyendo variantes como la planificación basada en ecosistemas, la gestión de cuencas hidrográficas, y la agricultura de conservación. Común a estos enfoques es la necesidad de integración, emergiendo desde el reconocimiento que el trabajo en aislamiento son un problema importante en la gobernanza y Gestión Integrada de Recursos Naturales (GRN). La integración es un concepto explícitamente abordado en la GIP, la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos, el nexo agua-alimento-energía, y otros enfoques de GIP.
El concepto de GIP permanece amplio, y no existe una sola manera de ‘hacer’ GRN. En su forma más básica, la GIP aboga por utilizar a los paisajes como unidad conceptual entorno a la cual se puede lograr la integración e implementar la gestión. No obstante, la operalización de la GIP permanece un reto.
Varios enfoques de paisaje han sido probados en América Latina y el Caribe, generando un valioso conjunto de conocimientos y experiencias. Entre ellos figuran varios proyectos de LFF que se encuentren cerca de concluir.
Justification | Justificación
ILM approaches could provide key insights for addressing persistent challenges to the management and governance of natural resources in the region, especially in contexts where diverse interests and unequal power affect sustainable development and inhibit efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and mitigate climate change.
This event seeks to gather practical experiences on landscape management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Los enfoques de GIP podrían aportar una herramienta clave para enfrentar los desafíos de la GRN y la gobernanza en la región, especialmente en contextos donde intereses diversos y poderes desiguales afectan el desarrollo sostenible e inhiben esfuerzos para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y la mitigación del cambio climático.
Este evento busca recoger experiencias prácticas sobre el manejo de paisajes en América Latina y el Caribe.
Objectives | Objetivos
- To share practical experiences on implementing landscape approaches in Latin America and the Caribbean. Compartir experiencias prácticas de la implementación de enfoques de paisajes en América Latina y el Caribe.
- To identify success factors where ILM ambitions have been achieved. Identificar factores de éxito en la GIP.
- To explore the barriers to integration, and strategies to overcome these. Explorar barreras a la integración y estrategias para superarlas.
- To showcase regional experiences in landscape management. Mostrar experiencias regionales de GIP.
- Contribute to the global dialogue on how landscape approaches can support climate change mitigation and the SDGs. Contribuir al diálogo global sobre cómo los enfoques de paisajes pueden apoyar la mitigación del cambio climático y los ODS.
- Strengthen a community of practice among organizations practicing ILM in the LAC region. Fortalecer una comunidad de práctica entre organizaciones que practican la GIP en la región.
Guiding questions | Preguntas guía
- Why does integration matter? ¿Por qué es importante la integración en el contexto de paisajes?
- How can different land use values be reconciled under a landscape approach? ¿Cómo pueden reconciliarse los diferentes valores de uso del suelo bajo un enfoque de paisaje?
- How can ILM address complexity and inevitable project cycle failures? ¿Cómo puede la GIP abordar la complejidad y las inevitables fallas en los ciclos de proyectos?
- How can systems-based approaches inform ILM? ¿Cómo pueden los enfoques basados en sistemas informar a la GIP?
- How can ILM contribute to climate change mitigation and the SDGs? ¿Cómo puede la GIP contribuir a la mitigación del cambio climático y los ODS?
- How can the interest of the state and communities be balanced in ILM? ¿Cómo equilibrar los intereses del estado y de las comunidades en la GIP?
