Integrated Landscape Management

A landscape in Chiapas, Mexico.

Photo credit: Photo by Graciela Zavala.

If the Earth’s ecosystems are to help maintain climate stability and to go on providing essential food, water, and habitat for plants and wildlife—along with secure and dignified livelihoods for rural people—then we must take action on an unprecedented scale. That’s why the Rainforest Alliance is driving sustainability transformation beyond individual farms or forests and across whole landscapes, spanning tens of thousands to millions of hectares.

This page features information about the Rainforest Alliance's work in tropical landscapes and links to all content and resources related to integrated landscape management.

Taking what’s known as an “Integrated Landscape Management” approach, we build dynamic landscape partnerships that enable all land users: farmers, forest enterprises, rural communities, local leaders, companies, and governments to tackle together complex and often interconnected challenges that are too big to be taken on alone—from climate change and deforestation to human rights and rural poverty.

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Where We Work

Explore our interactive map to find our landscape and community projects around the world.

Integrated Landscape Management Program

Download this brochure to learn how we help companies to address risks and challenges in the key sourcing landscapes beyond the farm and forest.

How Landscale Can Support Your Company’s Commitments

Learn about LandScale—our all-in-one assessment tool to generate landscape-level insights about sustainability.

1000 Landscapes For 1 Billion People

Co-led by the Rainforest Alliance, 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People is an ambitious global coalition to promote thriving landscapes and rural communities.

Our Work

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In Cameroon, Women Are Ideal Sustainability Leaders

Studies show that climate change disproportionately affects women and girls. Yet their intrinsic bond with the natural landscape is what makes women ideal sustainability leaders.

Project Profile

Project Profile: Mount Kenya Sustainable Landscape and Livelihoods Program

According to a United Nations report, approximately 12 million people in Kenya live on degraded land and food productivity has fallen behind the rate of population growth. This has resulted in farmland extending up the mountain and encroaching into protected forests.

Organizational Updates

Using LandScale to Power Broadscale Sustainability in Mexico’s Key Coffee Region

Landscale is a tool to help your company assess and communicate sustainability impact at landscape scale. A pilot with Olam International and the Rainforest Alliance in Mexico shows how companies can apply and benefit from Landscale’s framework for assessment, verification, and reporting.

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Integrated Landscape Management Program

Companies seeking to address risks and challenges in key sourcing regions often find that the biggest obstacle is knowing where to start and what to do. The tools and skills required to identify key... View more


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