Adapting to a landscape approach

Summary of learnings from ATLA pilots in Turkey and Pakistan | Better Cotton

There are different ways in which sustainability systems can operate at landscape level. The ATLA project was designed to explore some of the key considerations at play in these strategic decisions, such as where to focus efforts, the scale of time and resources needed, how to measure performance at landscape level, and what it means to work in partnership with existing multi-stakeholder initiatives. Two project pilots, in Turkey and Pakistan, provided practical insights for these strategic decisions in the case of Better Cotton.

The learnings are summarised in this report and complement the strategy recommendations outlined in the accompanying executive summary.

Summary of learnings from ATLA pilots in Turkey and Pakistan | Better Cotton222.43 KB

Harvest report from regenerative agriculture pilots | WWF-Turkey, Better Cotton

Harvest report from regenerative agriculture pilots | WWF-Turkey

This report presents pilot activities conducted in two separate sites in Söke in 2021, as part of the WWF-Turkey Regenerative Cotton Project.

Harvest report from regenerative agriculture pilots | WWF-Turkey, Better Cotton4.81 MB

ATLA GIS project report | Doktar, WWF-Turkey, Better Cotton

BCI and WWF-Turkey have cooperated in the ATLA (Adaptation to Landscape Approach) GIS project. The purpose of the ATLA GIS project is to create baseline information and get a clear understanding of how farming activities have been interacting with Buyuk Menderes Delta and Lake Bafa over time.

In this project report, the second chapter covers the references, screenshots, value, and related material in Terms of References are provided for each layer on the web platform. The final chapter is the detailed progress report which includes tasks, planned delivery dates, actual delivery dates, issues, accomplishments, and expected accomplishments.

ATLA GIS project report | Doktar, WWF-Turkey, Better Cotton2.48 MB

ATLA global strategy report executive summary | Better Cotton

As part of its 2030 Strategy, Better Cotton has committed to strengthen impacts at farm level across the countries where it works and is currently setting ambitious global targets in key impact areas. In parallel, Better Cotton is exploring whether a landscape approach can deliver better impacts and efficiencies, to facilitate an evaluation of the potential of landscape approaches in the context of the BCSS, Better Cotton developed the Adaptation to Landscape Approach (ATLA) project.

This report provides an Executive Summary of the work of the ATLA project towards these aims.

ATLA global strategy report executive summary | Better Cotton157.38 KB

Implementation of the Better Cotton standard in Punjab, Pakistan: towards a jurisdictional approach | Better Cotton

As part of the ATLA project, Better Cotton Pakistan has explored way to work with the Punjab Provincial Government, Civil Society as well as with private sector to embed the BCSS Model into national cotton production practice. The Jurisdictional Approach is one of the key strategy framework for such kind of collaborative arrangements by adopting the standards in national policy context.

This report briefly introduces the concept of integrated landscape approach, provides a comparative analysis with BCSS Model and lastly a course of action for the execution of Jurisdictional approach in Punjab

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