The IES programme facilitated a session during FAO's Land and Water Days 2015. The session, "Sustainable agriculture for ecosystem services: What's in it for farmers and how to support the transition?" presented the IES initiative to support farmers' transition ot more sustainable agricultural production. 

Two case studies were presented during the session:

1. The upper Tana watershed and Nairobi Water Fund. Frederick Kihara, The Nature Conservancy, Kenya

2. Public-private IES mechanisms to support zero deforestation supply chains in Colombia: Amazonian foothills case study. Maria Teresa Palacio Lorano, Wald-und Klimaschutz/ REDD+/ GIZ, Colombia