In the uplands of northern Lao PDR, the EFICAS project (Eco-Friendly Intensification and Climate resilient Agricultural Systems), promotes climate change adaptation approaches based on a combination of participatory land use planning and promotion of agroecological practices. A major challenge for communicating integrated landscape approaches is to reach a good understanding of the interconnectedness of agroecological key concepts among local communities as landscape approaches are, unlike commodity focused approaches, more complex with less direct benefit to the individual. The EFICAS project aims at providing this knowledge to communities, enabling them to manage their resources more effectively based on a deeper understanding of the interrelations between the landscape and their livelihoods. Different participatory methods including spatially explicit visioning based on a 3D model of the village are used to engage village communities in intentionally influencing village land use trajectories towards more desirable land use patterns in terms of their resilience to climate change. Land use plan and resource management rules are negotiated collectively so as to adapt generic agroecology principles to the specificities and singular trajectory of each village.