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El Boldo to Cantillana LandScale: driving improvements

Conservation Corridor in sustainability at landscape scale.

Achieving transformative conservation of Chile’s Mediterranean The climate crisis, water scarcity, biodiversity loss and entrenched poverty are
habitat through the Derecho Real de Conservación. challenges that affect us all. No individual, community, business, or government
can tackle these challenges alone. LandScale will provide a standardized approach
for assessing and communicating the sustainability performance of landscapes
where key commodities are produced.

With new conservation legislation The project commenced in 2019, LandScale complements existing Progress and achievements
“ This project focuses on an being implemented in Chile, this and the intent is to document “ Developing a consistent sustainability standards and The first version of the LandScale
overlooked landscape where a project is helping achieve conservation and encourage best practice and robust way to measure approaches, including farm-level assessment framework was launched
great proportion of the people goals within a corridor of the country’s in the use of DRC and increase critical indicators of landscape certification, by assessing for public consultation in 2019, seeking
in this country live. It is a highly most threatened ecosystem, the awareness about the importance sustainability is key to enabling the cumulative impact of all feedback from a diverse range of
threatened habitat which Chile-Mediterranean habitat. of threatened and priority sites in and incentivising diverse activities within a landscape potential users and subject matter
secures the quality of life of Fundación Tierra Austral (FTA) is Chile’s the Chile-Mediterranean habitat. stakeholders to collaborate across environmental, social experts. This will ensure LandScale is
millions of people. The project first land trust, a non-governmental It is about setting a precedent across an entire landscape to and economic dimensions. robust, practical and relevant to a wide
also actively engages the organization that focuses specifically by demonstrating for the first deliver tangible improvements By distilling the complexity of variety of landscapes and stakeholders.
private sector in conservation.” on protecting private conservation time how legislation can be for people and planet.” landscapes into reliable information
land through partnerships with used for sustainability. on sustainability performance A number of pilots are also currently
underway in Ghana, Peru, Guatemala,
landowners. In the two-year pilot and trends, LandScale helps drive Costa Rica and Mexico. The pilots
phase of the project, FTA is decisions and incentives that will in Mexico and Peru have been
collaborating with willing landowners contribute to improving landscape enabled with the support of the
and stakeholders who live and work sustainability over time. Commodity BHP Foundation.
in the region (including those whose buyers, investors, governments, and
livelihoods depend on their property), those involved in landscape initiatives
to implement the Derecho Real de can use LandScale to help identify
Conservación (DRC) at three high landscape risks, inform management
priority sites. interventions, monitor progress,
The DRC is a legally binding agreement and credibly demonstrate results.
which gives private landholders the This is a collaborative initiative
right to protect land they own for its led by Rainforest Alliance, Verra
conservation and natural heritage and the Climate, Community &
attributes and characteristics. The Biodiversity Alliance, in partnership
protected land remains private, and with EcoAgriculture Partners, the
could also support sustainable land uses International Union for Conservation
such as forestry, agriculture and tourism. of Nature, Nature Conservation
Victoria Alonso Dr Jeff Milder
Executive President, Director of Global Programs, Research Center, Proforest and
Fundacion Tierra Austral Rainforest Alliance Solidaridad, with input from
a broad range of stakeholders.

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