Sustainable Landscapes Assessment Tool

SLAT

Sustainable Landscapes Assessment Tool

Sustainable Landscapes responds to the growing need for effective coordination in sustainable land use among stakeholders. We help organizations co-create sound theories of change that drive measurable socio-environmental impact. Through our innovative Sustainable Landscapes Assessment Tool (SLAT), we facilitate value creation across five key phases—supporting implementation and empowering community-driven monitoring efforts.

Our process

Step 1

Participation

Structured participation

Our methodology enables structured participation to streamline coordination costs—ensuring that the smallest possible group effectively represents the broadest range of interests, to foster the emergence of landscape agreements.

Step 2

Co-construction

Co-construction of Landscape Agreements with a sound theory of change

In collaborative workshops with representatives of resource users—such as cattle ranchers, miners, cocoa farmers, and others—we first identify practices that threaten societal well-being or hinder the regeneration of vital natural resources, including water, land, air, and biodiversity. Then, we foster agreements to drive change in these practices and establish instruments that encourage their adoption.

Step 3

Evaluation

Standardized Assessment Tool

The SLAT evaluates instruments, changes in resource use, and their impacts on societal demands and resource regeneration through a landscape-specific matrix of indicators. The tool employs a standardization technique, ensuring global comparability while respecting territorial uniquenes

Step 3.1

Evaluation "societal demands"

Standardized Evaluation of Societal Demands Satisfaction

Our methodology identifies the full set of societal demands (FSSD) within a defined landscape using a critical mass criterion. We assess the actual provision and measure it against the FSSD to derive the standardized Societal Demands value.

step 3.2

Evaluation "resources regeneration"

Standardized Assessment of Resource Regeneration

Together with resource users, we co-create an Agrobiodiversity Functional List (AFL) for their landscape. We establish a baseline in undisturbed areas (e.g., seminatural habitats) and compare it with observations in disturbed areas (e.g., crops) to derive the standardized Resource Regeneration value

Step 4

Monitoring

Community Monitoring Model

Through our web application, resource users report changes and their impacts, centralizing data to generate automated reports on standardized indicators

Step 5

Communication

Sustainable impact communication

The SLAT communicates measurable socio-environmental impacts to stakeholders and partners, delivering valuable insights, fostering transparency, and strengthening reputation

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