Sustainable Land Management in Asia: Introducing the Landscape Approach by Asian Development Bank

Author:Asian Development Bank
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

5 Technologies for Managing the Landscape: From Hilltop to Homestead

Sustainable land management provides a basket of options for managers of productive landscapes. Four have been chosen here for focus: (i) participatory forest management, (ii) cross-slope barriers, (iii) conservation agriculture, and (iv) homegardens. The choice is based on various factors, but primarily to demonstrate the span of systems. According to the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) categorization, we have one example broadly representing each category: management (participatory forest management), structural (cross-slope barriers), agronomic (conservation agriculture), and vegetative (homegardens). The systems range from those found at the top of the catchment to the bottom. There is a mix of extensive and intensive. Two are quite new, at least conceptually (participatory forest management and conservation agriculture); two are venerable in their heritage (cross-slope barriers and homegardens). All, however, present the ability to achieve impact with multiple benefits—i.e., conservation, food production, improved livelihoods, biodiversity, and climate change resilience and mitigation. Furthermore, each has significant potential for scaling-up: even if improvements can be made, this should not be a barrier to wider dissemination.

The landscape approach is firmly embedded in resource tenure and in community-based natural resource management.

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