This document provides an introduction and overview of a public policy dialogue in Kenya around integrated landscape management. It begins with background on moving from single issue and single actor approaches to more collaborative, integrated approaches at the landscape scale. It then discusses key features of integrated landscapes and outlines objectives of the Kenya policy dialogue process, which included field consultations at 5 sites to identify policy needs and recommendations to improve support for integrated landscape management. The objectives of the upcoming two days of dialogue are also presented, focusing on sharing experiences from the landscapes, validating recommendations, and identifying actions to support ILM.

1. Public Policy for Integrated
Landscape Management in Kenya
Introduction to National Dialogue
Seth Shames, EcoAgriculture Partners
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi

2. Landscapes for Food, Fiber, Water, Energy, Health,
Livelihoods, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Climate

3. Move from here…

4. …to here

5. Collaborative, integrated, landscape-scale
approach
How do we accomplish all of these objectives?
Single issue
Single actor
Small scale
Single action
Multiple issues
Multiple actors
Multiple scales
Uncoordinated action
Collaborative,
integrated approach
and action at
landscape scale

6. The 3-legged stool

7. Integrated Landscapes: Key Features
1. Agreed management objectives encompass multiple landscape benefits
2. Collaborative, community-engaged processes for dialogue, planning,
negotiating and monitoring decisions
3. Production practices contribute to multiple objectives
4. Interactions among different parts of the landscape realize positive
socio- ecological synergies or mitigate negative trade-offs
5. Market, tenure and policy frameworks are shaped to achieve the diverse
set of objectives

8. Many approaches for ILM currently used!
How can we scale up and coordinate?

9. www.landscapes.ecoagriculture.org
Co-Organizers

10. Some LPFN strategic partners

11. The Landscapes for People Food and Nature (LPFN) Approach
To promote & scale-up solutions for agricultural landscapes !
Dialogue Learning Action

13. Kenya policy dialogue process objectives
Overall: Improve the policy and institutional framework for ILM in
Kenya based on landscape leader engagement and policymaker
engagement.
● To assess the elements of Kenya’s current policy and institutional
frameworks
● To identify the policy needs and recommendations from Kenyan
Integrated Landscape Initiatives
● To identify ILM policy perspectives of key policymakers
● To facilitate an exchange of ideas among landscape leaders and
policymakers
● To develop an action plan for landscape leaders and policymakers to
work together to improve the policy environment for ILM.

14. Review of Policy Dialogue process to date
● 5 target sites: Embu, Bungoma, Lari, Laikipia, Naivasha
● 3-day field consultations with key stakeholders
● Results synthesized into individual site reports and one
synthesis report (which are available for your viewing)
● These results will be presented later in the day

15. Objectives of the next two days
● To communicate the concepts and benefits of ILM to key
policymakers at national and county level
● To share experiences from the five landscapes with other
landscapes actors and policymakers
● To highlight, validate and prioritize the recommendations from
the five landscapes and policymakers for government action in
support of ILM while identifying appropriate roles for civil society
● To identify action steps in support ILM at the landscape, county
and national levels in Kenya

16. Thank you!
www.landscapes.ecoagriculture.org