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The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus // Towards a Practical Planning and Decision-support Framework for Landscape Investment and Risk Management

By Livia Bizikova, Dimple Roy, Darren Swanson, Henry David Venema, Matthew McCandless. By Livia Bizikova, Dimple Roy, Darren Swanson, Henry David Venema, Matthew McCandless. The emphasis on the need for a sustainable approach to land investments suggests an integrative framework to manage and govern land investments is required and that the design of such investments should explicitly take natural and social systems into account. From an investor perspective, a key hypothesis is that land investments made with broader social, environmental and economic objectives will perform better due to improved socio-ecological risk management. In this paper, we review the literature and develop a conceptual framework and offer implementation guidance for land investments that increase water, energy, and food securities, a key element of which are spatially explicit design and monitoring features to develop, implement and manage high-quality land investments.

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February 2013

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas. We report on international negotiations and disseminate knowledge gained through collaborative projects, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries, better networks spanning the North and the South, and better global connections among researchers, practitioners, citizens and policy-makers. IISD’s vision is better living for all—sustainably; its mission is to champion innovation, enabling societies to live sustainably. IISD is registered as a charitable organization in Canada and has 501(c)(3) status in the United States. IISD receives core operating support from the Government of Canada, provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and from the Province of Manitoba. The Institute receives project funding from numerous governments inside and outside Canada, United Nations agencies, foundations and the private sector.

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