Multifunctionality at the landscape level – the LANDPATHS programme

By addressing governance and management challenges within a broad set of landscapes, and by applying cross-cutting and integrative analyses across landscapes, administrative levels, policy areas, etc. the LANDPATHS programme will deliver innovative and practically applicable knowledge and relevant recommendations for practitioners and public agencies. The practical outcome of the programme will be a portfolio of implementable good practices and innovative management and governance tools and practices that facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration and support the development of landscapes that deliver multiple ecological and socio-economic functions while maintaining high biodiversity. The programme will contribute to achieving several important national and international policies, particularly on biodiversity and climate change.

The programme’s consortium consists of researchers with social and natural science expertise in biodiversity conservation, a broad experience of transdisciplinary work and a rich network of contacts among stakeholders in different sectors and governance contexts. The planned research will focus on key landscape governance and decision-making processes to strengthen biodiversity and landscape multifunctionality.