Collective Action Processes
Decision-making on land-use involves a multitude of parties, including those who live and work on the land and those who operate across the value chain.
Effective decision-making can lead to positive outcomes for all, and often involves the development of voluntary agreements and public policies that nurture regenerative landscapes in the long-run.
At Olab, we support decision-making as part of a broader process, that we call Collective Action Processes.
Design
Our approach involves careful preparation, that is custom made for each project, based on fine-tuning the goals and visions of all stakeholders.
Decision-making
We guide the governance and decision-making in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
We include in our work data, people, content and technical expertise, leading to a more representative and legitimate process.
Delivery
We facilitate processes using tools and innovations, with a focus on quality deliveries.
We support the delivery of voluntary agreements, sectoral standards and public policies.
Solutions
We design custom-made solutions for each context and need, combining our areas of expertise.
Strategy
Public policies and sectoral agreements
Strategic planning
Theory of Change
Organizational development and team building
Facilitation
Governance of multi-sectoral forums
Multi stakeholder dialogues
Hosting of international conferences and forums
Round table moderation
Research and Intelligence
Participatory research and evaluation
Research and analysis for decision making
Monitoring and evaluation systems
Quantitative analyses, including financial flows
Regenerative Landscapes
We facilitate at the food-forests nexus, fostering regenerative landscapes, flourishing systems in which the needs of people and planet are integrated.
A landscape approach involves taking into consideration those who live and work across a geographic area of production, as well as the myriad of social, environmental and economic interactions required for humans and nature to thrive. A landscape can be described as regenerative when it involves forms of farming and tending the land that improve the overall environment, including the quality of soils, water sources and air.
Given the unique combination of land, climate and people, Brazil and Latin America have important roles to play in global food systems and NbS.
Food Systems
Food Systems refer to the interconnected network of farming, transportation, processing, marketing, consumption and waste management that all need to work together in order to provide accessible and healthy food to the world’s growing population.
They are also key for food security, income generation, and the upholding of traditional cultures.
Nature-based Solutions
The bioeconomy, biome restoration and carbon capture and storage are growing fields that will demand scalable and sustainable solutions.
Nature-based Solutions represent an emerging frontier of opportunities and innovation for businesses, public policies and NGOs, addressing the key social and environmental challenges of our times – such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
Land Use
The effective application of data, public policies, and collective action processes can mean that land is used in the best possible way for both food production and native vegetation conservation.
Beyond this, ‘territorial intelligence’ and decision-making at the national, sub-national and local levels can support the emergence of landscapes in which people and nature thrive together.
Land use, therefore, refers to the allocation of land among different interests, including nature itself, optimizing outcomes for all life.
