Change in the enabling environment is achieved by convening and facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues and platforms and advocating for and facilitating the development and implementation of the governance systems, policies and action plans that result.

This work is performed at all geographic scale (landscape, national, regional and global) and includes facilitating the alignment of public and private investments towards supportive policies and action plans.

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Change in knowledge and capacity Change in the enabling environment: policy and dialogues Change on the ground: landscape and value chain action

Promoting what we call “common ground dialogues” is a key focus of our work, as through dialogue we discover our common objectives around Nature and build consensus and convergence between the food and agricultural systems and conservation communities.

Equally important is strengthening the capacity of producers’ organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ organizations to be heard and advocate for their needs in the transition to sustainable agriculture and food systems in regional and global policy fora. 

The World Conservation Congress Resolutions

The World Conservation Congress is IUCN‘s highest level decision-making moment, taking place every 4 years. It unites the members through the Motion and Resolution Process, harnessing IUCN’s collective expertise and maximises our capacity to influence global policy and drive transformative action. 

IUCN's collaborative efforts across the Union to advance the Food and Agriculture agenda are demonstrated by these Resolutions: 

WCC_2020_RES_003_EN | IUCN 

WCC_2020_RES_007_EN  | IUCN  

Read more about the IUCN World Conservation Congress | IUCN

Read more about the IUCN Regional Conservation Fora 2024 | IUCN Engage

 

Engagement in international policy fora

IUCN supports the mainstreaming of food and agricultural systems transformation through the Rio Conventions and other global policy fora, forging strategic partnerships and influencing policies.

 

The Common Ground Dialogues

IUCN’s Common Ground Dialogues ‒ based on the foundational Common ground report ‒ convene food and agricultural systems stakeholders in dialogue processes to foster consensus and catalyse collaborative action for a resilient and sustainable future in those systems.

Common ground report | IUCN

 

Smallholders and family farmer’s policy engagement through the Forest and Farm Facility

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Agricord and IUCN, aiming to strengthen and empower forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs), including women, youth and indigenous peoples, as primary change agents for climate resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods. Through FFF, IUCN works with regional and global farmers organizations to help them influence international policy. IUCN also supported the creation of the Family Farmers for Climate Action campaign.

Forest and Farm Facility | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

 

Indigenous peoples’ engagement in Regen10


Regen10 was set up in response to the growing interest in regenerative food systems, with the key aim of putting farmers' needs and experiences at the centre of policy and business decisions designed to scale-up practices that can achieve regenerative outcomes.  As part of Regen10, IUCN engages with Indigenous Peoples Organisations across the globe to understand their food systems practices and how to prevent the reversal of the currently regenerative food systems in their landscapes. IUCN also supported Indigenous Peoples Organisations to provide inputs into the Regen10 Outcome Framework for regenerative agriculture.

 

Biodev2030 ‒ landscape and national level multistakeholder platforms for policy change

Biodev2030 among other interventions in different sectors, promotes changes in agricultural production systems that reconcile biodiversity and economic and social development, addressing agriculture as one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. This includes supporting multi-stakeholder platforms at national and landscape levels, identifying key policy instruments to change or introduce, helping to design nature-positive projects at landscape level and supporting resource mobilisation.

Photo: Building Bridges Hub/Anastasia Rodopoulou

Photo: CONAP Guatemala

Photo: Wim de Wulf / IUCN