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Opera&onalizing Land Sparing Block 3 – Breakout Discussions – Topic 1
Framers
Gary Paoli & Craig Hanson
W OR L DR E S O U R C E SI N S T I T U T E
Facilitator
Eric Palola
Land Sparing
Total ProducBon Yield
Area CulBvated = x
How do we opera&onalize it ?
Increase Yields
Spare Land Spare the “right land”
1 -‐ How do we increase yields ?
2 -‐ How do we translate yield increase to “land spared” ?
3 -‐ How do we ensure “land spared” is “the right land” ?
Land Sparing How do we opera&onalize it ?
Increase Yields
Spare Land Spare the “right land”
Technical Issues Actors & Drivers of their Decisions Uptake (awareness & incenBves) Safeguards Governance
Land Sparing How do we opera&onalize it ?
Increase Yields
Spare Land Spare the “right land”
TECHNICAL -‐ How to increase yields ? -‐ How to sustain conBnuous increases ?
UPTAKE -‐ Voluntary Approaches
-‐ Mandatory Approaches
Awareness raising
IncenBves
Techniques & cost
Outcomes & benefit
Reduced cost & higher yields = more profit
SAFEGUARDS -‐ Equity among producers -‐ Risk of farm consolidaBon ?
Enhanced market access (via Roundtables)
Step 1
Land Sparing How do we opera&onalize it ?
Increase Yields
Spare Land Spare the “right land”
TECHNICAL -‐ Improved geo-‐spaBal data (Ag types, locaBon & extent) -‐ Actors (Large company versus Smallholder) -‐ Coherent system to monitor & report
UPTAKE -‐ PosiBve incenBves
-‐ Mandatory requirements
Direct rewards (PES & REDD+)
DRIVERS -‐ What is the key commodity, which actors, how vary with geography ? -‐ What is linkage (if any) between Yield and decision to expand ?
Roundtables (market access & price premium) Fiscal policy (reduced land tax)
Absolute limits imposed by government
Lobby with ‘enlightenment’ & meaningful offer to gain govt support
Step 2
Land Sparing How do we opera&onalize it ?
Increase Yields
Spare Land Spare the “right land”
TECHNICAL -‐ Scale appropriate geo-‐spaBal data (Ag & ecosystems/biodiversity/carbon/social) -‐ What are the objecBves, criteria for evaluaBon, how reach consensus on prioriBes
SAFEGUARDS -‐ How accommodate livelihoods of people on ‘degraded’ lands ? -‐ What will be fate of ecosystems deemed lower priority to be spared ?
INCENTIVES -‐ How direct expansion onto the land deemed ‘suitable’ for expansion ? -‐ REDD+, PES, Roundtables -‐ Mandatory compliance with government (or Roundtable) defined no-‐go areas
Step 3
