How to Effectively Monitor SD-WAN and SASE Environments with ThousandEyes
Operationalizing Land Sparing
1. Opera&onalizing
Land
Sparing
Block
3
–
Breakout
Discussions
–
Topic
1
Framers
Facilitator
Gary
Paoli
&
Craig
Hanson
Eric
Palola
WORLD
RESOURCES
INSTITUTE
2. Land
Sparing
Total
Area
ProducBon
=
Yield
x
CulBvated
How
do
we
opera&onalize
it
?
Increase
Spare
the
Spare
Land
Yields
“right
land”
1
-‐
How
do
we
2
-‐
How
do
we
translate
yield
3
-‐
How
do
we
ensure
“land
increase
yields
?
increase
to
“land
spared”
?
spared”
is
“the
right
land”
?
3. Land
Sparing
How
do
we
opera&onalize
it
?
Increase
Spare
the
Spare
Land
Yields
“right
land”
Technical
Issues
Actors
&
Drivers
of
their
Decisions
Uptake
(awareness
&
incenBves)
Safeguards
Governance
4. Step
1
Land
Sparing
How
do
we
opera&onalize
it
?
Increase
Spare
the
Spare
Land
Yields
“right
land”
TECHNICAL
-‐
How
to
increase
yields
?
-‐
How
to
sustain
conBnuous
increases
?
Techniques
&
cost
Awareness
raising
UPTAKE
Outcomes
&
benefit
-‐
Voluntary
Approaches
Reduced
cost
&
higher
yields
=
more
profit
IncenBves
-‐
Mandatory
Approaches
Enhanced
market
access
(via
Roundtables)
SAFEGUARDS
-‐
Equity
among
producers
-‐
Risk
of
farm
consolidaBon
?
5. Step
2
Land
Sparing
How
do
we
opera&onalize
it
?
Increase
Spare
the
Spare
Land
Yields
“right
land”
TECHNICAL
-‐
Improved
geo-‐spaBal
data
(Ag
types,
locaBon
&
extent)
-‐
Actors
(Large
company
versus
Smallholder)
-‐
Coherent
system
to
monitor
&
report
DRIVERS
-‐
What
is
the
key
commodity,
which
actors,
how
vary
with
geography
?
-‐
What
is
linkage
(if
any)
between
Yield
and
decision
to
expand
?
UPTAKE
Direct
rewards
(PES
&
REDD+)
-‐
PosiBve
incenBves
Roundtables
(market
access
&
price
premium)
Fiscal
policy
(reduced
land
tax)
-‐
Mandatory
requirements
Absolute
limits
imposed
by
government
Lobby
with
‘enlightenment’
&
meaningful
offer
to
gain
govt
support
6. Step
3
Land
Sparing
How
do
we
opera&onalize
it
?
Increase
Spare
the
Spare
Land
Yields
“right
land”
TECHNICAL
-‐
Scale
appropriate
geo-‐spaBal
data
(Ag
&
ecosystems/biodiversity/carbon/social)
-‐
What
are
the
objecBves,
criteria
for
evaluaBon,
how
reach
consensus
on
prioriBes
INCENTIVES
-‐
How
direct
expansion
onto
the
land
deemed
‘suitable’
for
expansion
?
-‐
REDD+,
PES,
Roundtables
-‐
Mandatory
compliance
with
government
(or
Roundtable)
defined
no-‐go
areas
SAFEGUARDS
-‐
How
accommodate
livelihoods
of
people
on
‘degraded’
lands
?
-‐
What
will
be
fate
of
ecosystems
deemed
lower
priority
to
be
spared
?