water land and ecosystems (wle): building upon the success of the cpwf
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Presented by Andrew Noble, Director of CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference 21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/TRANSCRIPT
Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE): Building upon the success of the CPWF
Uniting Agriculture and Nature for Poverty Reduction
What WLE believes can be achieved working together
§ Sustainable intensification provides a pathway for agriculture productivity, human development and resilient landscapes.
Why
§ Increasing environmental degradation.
§ Rising risks associated with the current growth agenda.
§ Rapidly rising human demands and inequity – we need to meet the human agenda • We are consuming natural capital
in a way that is not sustainable and equitable.
§ Recognition that sustainability agenda is at the heart of development.
How
§ Influencing development choices to improve sustainable agricultural intensification through nature based solutions by providing: • Evidence-base knowledge that
sustainable intensification provides improved food security, equity, livelihoods and healthy landscapes.
• Integrated solutions to better manage risk related to rising shocks.
• Models and scenarios to understand trade-offs and synergies.
• Institutional innovations to address inequity and gender imbalances, while promoting inclusive and sustainable growth.
WLEs uniqueness
§ We are not about protecting ecosystem for the sake of ecosystem. § We support human development by working with ecosystems and
people. § Ecosystems as the foundation for agriculture productivity, equity,
livelihoods and prosperity. § We go beyond the paradigm of minimizing the impacts of
agriculture. § We are exploring the interface between rural and urban systems. § Working across sectors to provide integrated solutions to reverse
land and water degradation. § Combining an ecological approach with a natural resource
management approach to build resilience.
Focal Region Flagships.
Focal Region (FR) Flagship: Integrating ecosystem solutions into policy and investments. § Builds on the CPWF model in the priority four focal regions i.e.
Niger/Volta, Nile/East Africa corridor, Ganges and the Greater Mekong.
§ Calls for EOI have gone out – completely open and competitive – over 300 EOI received. Writeshops to be convened in each FR.
§ Minimum of 40% of all funding to go to National and Regional Partners.
§ 20% of funding to go to equity (gender, youth, marginalized groups) research.
§ Key integrating factor within and across regions is a focus on ecosystem services within agricultural landscapes.
§ New model in the Mekong where WLE and a donor (DFAT) are combining their resources to build a significant investment over three years.
Thank you Learn more at wle.cgiar.org Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog: wle.cgiar.org/blogs