The document summarizes a global review of integrated landscape management (ILM) initiatives. It discusses the goal of bolstering evidence about ILM approaches to support practitioners, policymakers, and advocates in developing and scaling up effective practices. It outlines a structure for knowledge products addressing key questions related to ILM's global potential, implementation, markets, policies, investments, and future research agenda. Continental reviews are being conducted to characterize ILM initiatives worldwide and identify lessons learned regarding effective adoption of ILM.
Best Practices In Land And Water ManagementJosé Jump
Government organizations need to serve farmer clients in more interdisciplinary and participatory ways
Re-orient agriculture and rural development programmes to promote and nurture active participation of farmers and their organizations
Target the production chain: GAP-LWM productivity + food quality markets health and nutrition
Participatory research and support services to facilitate transition from conventional agriculture to GAP-LWM
Restructure inappropriate macro-economic and agricultural policies
Adopt policies that promote and enforce sustainable and productive land and water use through GAP protocols
Protect the integrity of agricultural families – land tenure, build on indigenous knowledge, promote youth in agriculture, reduce labour/drudgery
Adjust legislation to facilitate initiatives of local groups adopting GAP (help meet their needs)
Sustainable intensification of cereal-livestock based farming systems in sub-...africa-rising
Presented by Joseph Rusike (IITA) and Naomie Sakan (IFPRI) at the Africa RISING Monitoring & Evaluation Expert Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-7 September 2012
Presentation by Sara Namirembe,World Agroforestry Centre, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 1, Session 3: A case of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. http://www.agricultureday.org
Conservation agriculture in the context of climate change in West AfricaRobert Zougmoré
One of CCAFS over-arching objectives is to assess and test pro-poor adaptation and mitigation practices, technologies and policies for food systems, adaptive capacity and rural livelihoods. Conservation agriculture (CA) is one of the promising climate-smart agriculture options as it allows benefiting from the synergies between adaptation and mitigation while also improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. As such, CA promotion needs to be tapped into the general framework for a sound and widespread adoption of evidence-based technologies in West Africa. Getting the big pictures to insure millions of farmers will require sound scaling-up approaches of successful CA options for the semi-arid West Africa.
Best Practices In Land And Water ManagementJosé Jump
Government organizations need to serve farmer clients in more interdisciplinary and participatory ways
Re-orient agriculture and rural development programmes to promote and nurture active participation of farmers and their organizations
Target the production chain: GAP-LWM productivity + food quality markets health and nutrition
Participatory research and support services to facilitate transition from conventional agriculture to GAP-LWM
Restructure inappropriate macro-economic and agricultural policies
Adopt policies that promote and enforce sustainable and productive land and water use through GAP protocols
Protect the integrity of agricultural families – land tenure, build on indigenous knowledge, promote youth in agriculture, reduce labour/drudgery
Adjust legislation to facilitate initiatives of local groups adopting GAP (help meet their needs)
Sustainable intensification of cereal-livestock based farming systems in sub-...africa-rising
Presented by Joseph Rusike (IITA) and Naomie Sakan (IFPRI) at the Africa RISING Monitoring & Evaluation Expert Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-7 September 2012
Presentation by Sara Namirembe,World Agroforestry Centre, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 1, Session 3: A case of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. http://www.agricultureday.org
Conservation agriculture in the context of climate change in West AfricaRobert Zougmoré
One of CCAFS over-arching objectives is to assess and test pro-poor adaptation and mitigation practices, technologies and policies for food systems, adaptive capacity and rural livelihoods. Conservation agriculture (CA) is one of the promising climate-smart agriculture options as it allows benefiting from the synergies between adaptation and mitigation while also improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. As such, CA promotion needs to be tapped into the general framework for a sound and widespread adoption of evidence-based technologies in West Africa. Getting the big pictures to insure millions of farmers will require sound scaling-up approaches of successful CA options for the semi-arid West Africa.
This presentation was made at "Orientation Programme for Government officials on Urbanization, Climate
Change and Water Issues" held on the 23rd of July.
Assessing and reporting resilience of native vegetation using metrics of stru...Richard Thackway
The effects of contemporary and previous land management practices are reflected in the present-day condition of native vegetation. In order to properly manage land for productive use or to restore it to its 'natural' condition, it is important to know the changes that have taken place to the use of the land, and the cumulative effect of those changes. Assessing and reporting the resilience of native vegetation using metrics of structure, composition and function is discussed. The system, VAST-2, has been developed in the Australian context, where land management was relatively unchanged for some tens of thousands of years prior to European settlers who arrived some hundred years hence. This reference state provides a structure in which to compile, interpret and sequence data gathered in the past about changes in management practices and the effects of these practices on the condition of native plant communities. Early settlers and subsequent land managers have modified and fragmented the native vegetation thereby transforming many landscapes.
Sustainable land management to mitigate and adapt to climate changeExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 1 Parallel session on Theme 2, Maintaining and/or increasing SOC stocks for climate change mitigation and adaptation and Land Degradation Neutrality, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Maria José Sanz Sanchez, from Basque Centre for Climate Change - Spain, in FAO Hq, Rome
Workshop on Alignment & implementation of National Action programmes with the UNCCD 10-year Strategy in the Arab Region
League of Arab States (18- 20 June 2014), Dubai - UAEMr Egypt, Mohamed Eisa Ibrahim SHALABY
Mekong ARCC – Final Workshop – Agriculture Study
A presentation from the International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM)
> Further information: www.icem.com.au
This presentation for the Mekong ARCC project was given by ICEM’s personnel and consultants Olivier Joffre, Dang Kieu Nhan, Bun Chantrea and Jorma Koponen at the Final Workshop in Bangkok – held in March 2013.
The presentation highlights the findings from the Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment on the agriculture sector in the Lower Mekong Basin. It presents changes in basin-wide crop suitability, changes in hot spot crop yields and provides a vulnerability assessment for key crops in hot spots. The land use suitability evaluation tool (LUSET) was used to evaluate the suitability of specific land units for a range of crops. For each location suitability is based on climatological characteristics such as rainfall, drought and temperature, and each crop has its special requirements which are affected positively or negatively by climate change.
> Read more about Mekong ARCC on the ICEM website www.icem.com.au
VAST-2 – Condition assessment method. Presentation given to the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), National Condition Workshop held at the Mt Lofty House, Adelaide on 11-13 June 2014
This presentation was made at "Orientation Programme for Government officials on Urbanization, Climate
Change and Water Issues" held on the 23rd of July.
Assessing and reporting resilience of native vegetation using metrics of stru...Richard Thackway
The effects of contemporary and previous land management practices are reflected in the present-day condition of native vegetation. In order to properly manage land for productive use or to restore it to its 'natural' condition, it is important to know the changes that have taken place to the use of the land, and the cumulative effect of those changes. Assessing and reporting the resilience of native vegetation using metrics of structure, composition and function is discussed. The system, VAST-2, has been developed in the Australian context, where land management was relatively unchanged for some tens of thousands of years prior to European settlers who arrived some hundred years hence. This reference state provides a structure in which to compile, interpret and sequence data gathered in the past about changes in management practices and the effects of these practices on the condition of native plant communities. Early settlers and subsequent land managers have modified and fragmented the native vegetation thereby transforming many landscapes.
Sustainable land management to mitigate and adapt to climate changeExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 1 Parallel session on Theme 2, Maintaining and/or increasing SOC stocks for climate change mitigation and adaptation and Land Degradation Neutrality, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Maria José Sanz Sanchez, from Basque Centre for Climate Change - Spain, in FAO Hq, Rome
Workshop on Alignment & implementation of National Action programmes with the UNCCD 10-year Strategy in the Arab Region
League of Arab States (18- 20 June 2014), Dubai - UAEMr Egypt, Mohamed Eisa Ibrahim SHALABY
Mekong ARCC – Final Workshop – Agriculture Study
A presentation from the International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM)
> Further information: www.icem.com.au
This presentation for the Mekong ARCC project was given by ICEM’s personnel and consultants Olivier Joffre, Dang Kieu Nhan, Bun Chantrea and Jorma Koponen at the Final Workshop in Bangkok – held in March 2013.
The presentation highlights the findings from the Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment on the agriculture sector in the Lower Mekong Basin. It presents changes in basin-wide crop suitability, changes in hot spot crop yields and provides a vulnerability assessment for key crops in hot spots. The land use suitability evaluation tool (LUSET) was used to evaluate the suitability of specific land units for a range of crops. For each location suitability is based on climatological characteristics such as rainfall, drought and temperature, and each crop has its special requirements which are affected positively or negatively by climate change.
> Read more about Mekong ARCC on the ICEM website www.icem.com.au
VAST-2 – Condition assessment method. Presentation given to the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), National Condition Workshop held at the Mt Lofty House, Adelaide on 11-13 June 2014
Co-presenters:
Lee Gross, EcoAgriculture Partners
Mike Godfrey, Rainforest Alliance
Bambi Semroc, Conservation International
Discussing the risk mitigation advantages of a multi-stakeholder, landscape-scale approach to agribusiness development, especially where businesses face climate change, water security, or community risks.
Rob van Brouwershaven of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Government of The Netherlands invites participants in the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference to explore ways to involve the business sector in the development of an action plan for integrated landscape management in Africa.
Elizabeth Smith, ssociate National Program Director, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, US EPA was the keynote speaker at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Joint Public Advisory Committee meeting in December 2012 in Merida, Mexico.
Chartres CJ (2012) Water, land and ecosystems: improved natural resource management for food security and livelihoods, ACIAR Seminar Series presentation, 25 January 2012, Canberra, Australia.
Watershed/Landscape Management for Multiple Benefits and Climate Resilience ...CIFOR-ICRAF
Learn how watershed and landscape management can be made climate resilient and be designed for multiple benefits. This presentation by Sally Bunning, Senior Land/Soils officer of the FAO Land and Water Division focuses on the principles of integrated watershed management, experiences, strategy and lessons learned based on the experiences from East Africa.
Presentation by Sonja Vermeulen, Head of Research, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) at University of Copenhagen, 13 June 2012. Visit www.ccafs.cgiar.org for more.
This presentation was used during CCAFS official side event at the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advica (SBSTA), Bonn, Germany. The topic at hand was on how agriculture could contribute to adaptation and mitigation.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
This presentation was shared as part of the Mesoamerican Landscapes Dialogue, organized by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, and hosted by CATIE, from 2-6 July, 2018, in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Esta presentación fue compartida como parte del Diálogo de Paisajes Mesoamericanos, organizado por LPFN, y alojado por CATIE, del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018, en Turrialba, Costa Rica.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
2. Global Review Framing
Key Impediments to
Scaling-up Effective ILM
1. Knowledge and
experience not Global Review
synthesized or shared
Learn systematically from prior experience
2. Limited capacity to
implement effective Synthesize information for key user groups
practices
Provide a robust evidence base
3. Unsupportive
policies, incentives and
investments
3. Global Review Goal:
To bolster and communicate the evidence base about
integrated landscape approaches to support practitioners,
policymakers, and advocates to develop and scale-up effective
practices
4. Global Review Goal:
To bolster and communicate the evidence base about
integrated landscape approaches to support
practitioners, policymakers, and advocates to develop and
scale-up effective practices
Means to this Goal:
Draw on the expertise of leading practitioners, researchers, and
experts from around the world to implement an applied
research portfolio consisting of about 40 “Knowledge
Products” that document and communicate key dimensions of
the practice, impact, potential, and key mechanisms supporting
integrated landscape management
5. Global Review Structure
Knowledge Products Address 9 Key Questions Related to four key themes
KQ 0: global review of ILM practice
KQ 1: current extent & future potenial of ILM
Global Potential
KQ 2: role of ILM in supporting climate change
adaptation and mitigation
KQ 3: biophysical aspects of implementing ILM
KQ 4: social and institutional aspects of implementing Action in Landscapes
ILM
KQ 5: market mechanisms to support ILM Markets
KQ 6: policy and governance to support ILM
KQ 7: priority investments to support ILM Future Directions
KQ 8: research agenda for ILM
6. Status of Global Review Knowledge Products (KPs)
KPs already completed
KPs not yet funded,
but lower priority 3
8
12
KPs funded
KPs not yet funded, and in progress
and high priority 11
4
KPs funded and in design
7. The Global Review: A Tasting Menu
● KP 0.8 – integrated landscapes ‘storybook’ (illustrations)
● *KP 2.1 & 2.2 – integrated landscapes for climate change
adaptation, mitigation, and climate-smart agriculture
● *KP 3.6 – integrating food and energy in rural landscapes
● *KP 3.7 – integrated landscapes for resilience and disaster risk mitigation
● *KP 4.3 – landscape governance for multi-objective, multi-stakeholder mgmt.
● *KP 5.2 – “ILM in an age of supermarkets”
● *KP 6.5 – integrated landscape/ecosystem approach to foodshed planning
● *KP 6.3 – national policy analysis to support integrated landscapes
● KP 7.3 – economic costs & benefits of integrated landscape approaches
● KP 8.2 – how plant breeding can support multi-functional rural landscapes
8. Key Sets of Global Review Outputs
● Publications in peer-reviewed journals (and special issues)
● Set of briefs for awareness-raising, outreach, and advocacy
● Landscapes manual/sourcebook and curriculum materials for
training practitioners & landscape leaders
● Multi-media (video, photo narratives, etc.) to communicate
compellingly, including to non-reading audiences
● Landscapes for People, Food and Nature book
9. This afternoon’s session
Who?
What? The Continental
When? Reviews
Where?
Why? Thematic Global
How? Review Studies
10. An overview of the continental reviews
Research questions
1. Where is ILM happening? What kinds of problems does it seek to
solve? Who is leading these efforts?
2. What activities comprise integrated landscapes and initiatives?
How are they structured and implemented?
3. When, where, and why have ILM approaches been effective or
ineffective in advancing multiple landscape goals?
4. Based on this experience, how can we support the wider and
more effective adoption ILM in places where it can provide
significant benefits?
11. Research methodology
STEP 1: Cast a wide net
STEP 2: Evaluate and filter results
STEP 3: Tier 1 survey—landscapes & initiatives continent-wide
STEP 4: Stratified sample for Tier 2
STEP 5: Tier 2 “deep dive” analysis
STEP 6: Analysis and knowledge sharing
12. Latin America
Natalia Estrada, CATIE
Jeffrey Milder, EcoAgriculture Partners
Fabrice DeClerck, Bioversity International
Abigail Hart, EcoAgriculture Partners
Celia Harvey, Conservation International
Photo: IFAD
13. Where are the
landscape
initiatives located?
n = 212 potential initiatives
14. Characterization of the collected Keyword / School of thought
landscape initiatives Community based
Conservation / sus.
Genesis
Improving VC
int'l dvpmt proj. Model forest
Landscape-scale… Biosphere reserve
Watershed mgmt.
int'l conservation proj.
Sustainable tourism
int'l research program
Buffer zones
Government / research Rural development
Multilateral Climate change
Biological corridors
Government aid
Protected areas
Regional platform Water management
Field school
- 5 10 15 20
(2) 3 8 13 18 23
15. What land uses were present in these landscapes?
Major Minor Don’t exist
Pasture
Tropical moist forest
Annual grain crops
Temperate or upland forest
Agroforestry
Forestry plantations
Other sun-grown perennials
Villages / towns / urban
Grassland
Water
Other annual crops
Tropical dry forest
Wetland
Industry, mining, oil/gas dvpmt
- 20 40 60 80 100
16. What were the main motivations for the landscape initiative?
Enhance sustainable land management O
A N
Conserve biodiversity
B M
Stop or reverse land/resource degradation C L
Increase farmer incomes
D K
Conserve soil / increase fertility E J
Manage water quality or flow F I
G H
Improve crop productivity
Not Very
important important
17. Investments in agriculture
Core Supporting Not Included
Crop intensification (agroecology)
Agrobiodiversity
Soil conservation
Agroforestry
Value chain
Extension or capacity building programs
Home gardens
New crops or crop varieties
Implementation of laws or incentives
Livestock intensification (agroecology)
Irrigation systems
Crop intensification (conventional)
- 20 40 60 80 100
18. Investments in forestry, conservation, and NRM
Core Supporting
Community-based NRM
New conservation areas
Improved forestry management
Extension for forestry/NRM
New protected areas established
Watershed management
New mgmt plans for existing PA
0 20 40 60 80 100
19. Investments in livelihoods and human wellbeing
Core Supporting Not Included
Enterprise development
Traditional knowledge
Income generation and diversification
Gender equity
Malnutrition and hunger
Migration
Land tenure and resource access rights
Human health
0 20 40 60 80 100
20. Investments in multi-sectoral coordination and planning
Core Supporting Not Included
Technical assistance for ILM
Capacity building for ILM
New landscape coordinating body
Strengthen existing coordinating bodies
Local/local conflict mediation
Local/external conflict mediation
0 20 40 60 80 100
23. Socio-ecological Production landscapes (SEPLs)
● Developed by interactions between humans and
nature
● Local knowledge, techniques, rules and norms
regarding wise use of natural resources and sharing
of benefits and burdens
● Benefit people and maintain ecosystems and
biodiversity
24. SEPLs in Asia
● Pastoralism
● Rice cultivation:
● Temperate
● Tropical (hills and mountainous)
● Lowland
25. Photo: T. Okayasu Photo: JWRC
Pastoralism Rice cultivation system
● Dry and/or alpine climate with seasonal/ ● Temperate and humid climate
irregular pattern of precipitation ● Integrated land use system representing a
● Controls herd's load on vegetation by mosaic pattern
translocation ● Woodlands are managed regularly
● Traditional institutional system of pasture ● A decreasing and aging population
and livestock management resulting in abandonment of farmland and
● Political and economic regimes change woodland
● Overuse and abandonment of pasture land
26. Photo: JWRC Photo: JWRC
Rice Rice cultivation systems with fishery
cultivation, homegarden, shifting
cultivation, livestock ● Lowland near the wetland areas
● Tropical climate in hills and mountains ● Production systems and/or crop varieties
● Complexity of landuse and mixed livelihoods along with the gradient of water condition.
● Irrigation system for dry season ● Accompanied by fishery activities.
● Shifting cultivation and the extraction of wild ● Population increase and market economy
plants
● Growing population/ migration to urban areas development
● Development of market economies ● Conversion of land use and extraction of
● Intensification and abandonment wetland vegetation
27. Common characteristics
● Practices that enable adaption to spatial and
temporal variation in environmental conditions
● Fallow systems
● Combined use of different production systems
● Combined use of different of different species/varieties of
crops and livestock
● Land use according to topographic conditions
● Local institutional systems that adjust and
coordinate resource use
28. Challenges and responses
Challenges
● Population increase
● Emigration
● Development of market economy
● Degradation of SEPLs (overexplotation,conversion,abandonment)
Responses
● Policy development and implementation of land tenure and resource
management such as community forestry
● Projects on community development, awareness raising, restoration of
ecosystems and abandoned agricultural facilities, supported by
NGOs, private sector organizations, governmental bodies and
international organizations
29.
30. Africa
Philip Dobie, World Agroforestry Centre
Jeffrey Milder, EcoAgriculture Partners
Photo: CGIAR Climate
31. Landscape approaches found across the
continent
Forests
Drylands
Wetlands
Watersheds
Cross boundary
Production systems
Conservation reserves
32. Availability of data
• Basic information reasonably easy to find
• But reporting is not complete or easily accessible
• NGO work particularly difficult to track down
• More propoganda than reliable, quantified data
• Little on impact
33. Key themes of landscape initiatives (n=68)
Ecosystems services
Policy/governance
Conservation/ biodiversity
Land degradation
Investment/finance
Land degradation
Poverty/ livelihoods
Productive systems
Communities/ CD
NR management
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
34. Preliminary evidence & implications
• Most projects dominated by NRM, with design by conservationists
• Development aspects often appear weak: where are the people’s
needs?
Mention of livelihoods > poverty alleviation > improved incomes
• Some focus on governance; little on policy and legislation (IUCN a
commendable exception)
• Very mixed approaches to investment, from serious intent
(TerrAfrica) to passing mention
• Surprisingly little on climate change, ecosystems services, or tourism
• Impact quantification generally weak
35. Implications for future projects
• Need much more study of costs and
benefits, with quantitative
comparisons of approaches
• Need much more focus on impacts
(landscapes and people)
Limited awareness; limited synthesis of knowledge and experiences poor incorporation in programs and policies
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Landscapes manual/sourcebook with a brief introductory core module and supporting modules derived from the technical KPsLandscapes for People, Food and Nature book focused on the ways that integrated landscape processes have been developed and implemented to solve rural sustainable development challenges
Coordinated set of research across continentsScope is on integrated landscapes and landscape initiatives– through both local/grassroots and external actionRelated research in Asia, but with a different focus
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