The IES workshop was organized to support moving forward the integrated Sustainable Food and Agriculture/ Forest and Landscape Restoration agenda in Rulindo, by helping scale up sustainable and productive agriculture practices. This workshop initiated the identification and mapping of existing mechanisms and initiatives to support farmers in Rulindo in realizing the benefits of producing more environmental...

The IES programme facilitated a session during FAO's Land and Water Days 2015. The session, "Sustainable agriculture for ecosystem services: What's in it for farmers and how to support the transition?" presented the IES initiative to support farmers' transition ot more sustainable agricultural production.  Two case studies were presented during the session: 1. The...

The Latin America Regional Policy Dialogue on Incentives for Ecosystem Services from Agriculture (IES) was held in Bogota, Colombia 7-8 July 2015. This was organised in collaboration with FAO RLC and FAO Colombia, and coincided with discussions of the 2nd draft of the Voluntary Guidelines for Agri-Environmental Policies for Latin...

The Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Remuneration of Positive Externalities (RPE)/ Payments for Environmental Services (PES) was held at FAO headquarters 12-13 September 2013. The dialogue aimed to obtain valuable input from practitioners, academics, policy makers and private sector representatives on the viability and effectiveness of PES schemes and other forms of remuneration...