Current Projects
We work with coalitions, initiatives, and organizations worldwide — leading, advising, and researching to strengthen how landscape partnerships govern, finance, and sustain their work.
Regen10
On behalf of 1000 Landscapes, Persimmon Co-Lab serves as a Co-Steer of Regen10’s Outcomes Framework Working Group. We also contribute to Regen10’s broader work on engagement, 360° landscape initiatives, and strategic development, helping strengthen connections between farm- and landscape-scale approaches to regenerative food systems.
Co-Facilitation and Leadership
1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People
PCL is a partner organization of 1000 Landscapes and plays leadership roles across several areas of the initiative. We co-lead the Finance Working Group and Landscape Governance Capacity Working Group, contribute to the Research Working Group, and support the development of practical tools and approaches for integrated landscape management.
Agroecology Coalition
PCL is a member of the Agroecology Coalition. PCL advisor, Dr. Sara Scherr collaborated on a new brief, Sub-National Policies for Agroecological Transitions, that explores these roles for sub-national governments, just published by the Agroecology Coalition, together with Biovision Foundation, FAO, Persimmon Co-Lab, and the Himalayan Agroecology Initiative. The brief and our blog post synthesizes the results of an on-line “deep dive meeting” organized by the Implementation and Policies Working Groups of the Agroecology Coalition.
Landscape Advisory Services
LandScale
PCL collaborated with LandScale to develop an introductory training module on integrated landscape management and landscape approaches for its Landscape Approved Service Provider Network Course. The network is designed for consultants, practitioners, and organizations that support landscape initiatives with services such as assessment, planning, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, monitoring, and implementation. Developed for the Rainforest Alliance, the module helps these providers understand the foundations of landscape approaches and apply them consistently across diverse contexts.
Future Food Institute / RegenerAction
PCL co-developed integrated landscape finance guidance and supporting learning materials for the RegenerAction initiative. The guidance helps European territories translate landscape and territorial visions into practical financing strategies, investment pathways, and institutional arrangements.
UCLA Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability
PCL collaborates with UCLA’s Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC) leading the evaluation function of LARC-HEAT Project. We work with partners to guide the evaluation, data collection oversight, and reporting for this regional resilience project.
Collaborative Research and Knowledge Production
CABI Multifunctional Landscapes Journal
PCL Co-Principal, Bemmy Granados, Ph.D., serves as Senior Editor of the CABI Multifunctional Landscapes Journal. This open access journal advances integrated landscape research and practice by providing a platform for critical dialogue on how integrated approaches, such as Integrated Landscape Management, can reconcile community wellbeing and economic resilience with environmental sustainability. Check out the recent Editorial Article that introduces this new journal.
Multi-Partner Landscape Governance Costing Project
PCL is leading research with the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and 1000 Landscapes on the costs of effective landscape governance. The work aims to clarify what it takes to build and sustain the governance infrastructure needed for long-term landscape collaboration and transformation. We recently launched a brief sharing our policy guidance and recommendations, with a full paper coming out soon.
PCL’s Occasional Paper Series
PCL’s Occasional Paper Series explores ideas, histories, and emerging questions that shape the practice of integrated landscape management. The series brings together research and practitioner perspectives to strengthen understanding of the field and inform its future development. The first paper traces the diverse intellectual and practical traditions that contributed to the emergence of integrated landscape management, builds on our article in Land reflecting on 25 years of experience in integrated landscape approaches, and helps to explain how today’s landscape approaches evolved and where the field may be headed.