Working Landscapes

About this project

The sustainable use of forests and trees in tropical landscapes is key to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Forests and trees in well-managed landscapes have the potential to contribute significantly to climate change mitigation (by decreasing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sinks) and adaptation (by improving local people’s resilience), while supporting people’s livelihoods and sustaining agricultural value chains. In current landscape-oriented climate programmes, mitigation and adaptation objectives are often addressed separately, which may result in trade-offs. The concept of climate-smart landscapes avoids this. A climate-smart landscape maximises synergies between mitigation and adaptation objectives by combining climate-smart practices at the farm level, a diversity of land uses, and deliberate management of ecological, social and economic interactions among different parts of the landscape. Achieving climate-smart landscapes requires the active involvement of both small-scale and large-scale producers, inclusive and coordinated governance arrangements, and financial investments. Landscapes can be watersheds, jurisdictions or any other area considered coherent and governable by stakeholders. By promoting climate-smart landscapes in the tropics, this programme contributes to climate change mitigation, adaptation, improved livelihoods and environmental integrity, which are crucial to achieving the…

Published by

Tropenbos International · International NGO

Countries

Bolivia, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana, Indonesia, Suriname, Vietnam, Ethiopia

Sectors

III.1.b. ForestryForestry policy and administrative managementForestry developmentFuelwood/charcoalForestry education/trainingForestry researchForestry servicesIV.1. General Environment ProtectionEnvironmental policy and administrative managementBiosphere protectionBiodiversity

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Implemented by

Tropenbos International (TBI), Tropenbos Indonesia, TB Ghana (TBG), TBI DRC, TBI Viet Nam, Penha, Ecological Trends Alliance (ETA)

Accountable

Tropenbos International (TBI)

Published by Tropenbos International to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 27 May 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-41155305-WL.

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