Let’s talk about governance: A participatory approach to assessing landscape governance

Tropenbos International and EcoAgriculture Partners developed the Landscape Governance Assessment tool in 2017. This is a tool to facilitate the participatory analysis of the rules and decision-making processes in the landscape. It allows landscape stakeholders to better understand the governance of their landscape, and to collaboratively identify opportunities for improvements. Tropenbos International has already conducted the Landscape Governance Assessment in 15 landscapes across 9 countries.

We believe that the Landscape Governance Assessment can be a valuable tool for others working in landscapes across the globe. Landscape governance is often perceived as a complex and abstract concept, but this tool helps facilitate an important dialogue on governance and its influence on the landscape’s sustainable future. It stimulates landscape thinking among stakeholders and leads to the identification of opportunities for strengthening landscape governance. With this landscape talk, we wish to share our experiences with the Landscape Governance Assessment with the GLF community and invite others to apply the tool in their landscapes.

Maartje de Graaf from Tropenbos International together with Katherine Mana-Galido from NTFP-EP Philippines were the speakers of this Landscape Talk.

Watch the Landscape talk here