Multidisciplinary landscape assessment, or MLA, is a set of methods developed by CIFOR scientists to determine ‘what is important to local communities, in terms of landscape, environmental services, and resources’. The approach is rooted in social (anthropology, ethnobotany and socio-economics) as well as natural sciences (botany, ecology, geography and pedology); was tested and used in different countries (Bolivia, Cameroon, Gabon, Indonesia, Mozambique and Philippines). The methods are fully detailed in four languages: English, French, Indonesia and Spanish (Sheil et al. 2003; ). .
