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Smallholders are at the heart of blue–green landscape management. They play a crucial role in sustaining and restoring interconnected ecosystems, from upland forests to farmlands, rivers, wetlands, and coasts. Their practices, such as agroforestry and community-based forest management, not only enhance productivity but also sustain water flows, improve soil health, and strengthen climate resilience across entire watersheds.
However, mangrove and wetland stewards remain undervalued in many policy frameworks. It will be critical to integrate these actors into land use and adaptation planning to achieve holistic, climate-smart landscape management.
This session by CIFOR-ICRAF will explore how a focus on blue–green landscapes and watersheds can encourages more integrated climate and biodiversity action – where forests, farms, and coasts are managed together for resilient people and nature.
