Videos
Companies and government need each other on zero deforestation
11 Dec 2015
Originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Government and business in Indonesia share the goal of curbing deforestation, despite the tension between how they go about this, a sustainability expert says. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, Tiur Rumondang, Executive Director of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development, […]
Investing in integrated landscapes to achieve the SDGs GLF 2015
11 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. This session focuses on how investments are coordinated within integrated landscape initiatives and how investors can better engage with those who have a stake in the landscape. It highlights some of the most innovative funds and […]
Engaging the private sector in long-term solutions to end Indonesia’s forest fires and haze
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Indonesia’s fires and haze have implications across multiple scales, including regional investment and political relations, as well as international trade and global commodity supply chains. However, it is a challenge that will have to be met […]
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Demonstrating and measuring nature‘s values requires a rigorous, evidence-based assessment of business-as-usual and alternative policy scenarios. This session identifies the economic and policy drivers and incentives that influence land-use decisions and management techniques within production systems […]
Mobilizing finance for integrated landscape initiatives
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Investors are motivated to support the development of financial solutions for integrated landscape initiatives. The session presents concrete business cases in conjunction with three financial instrument solutions: Multi-layered investment funds, conservation/environmental performance indexed bonds, and landscape/AFOLU […]
Amazon Fund, the world’s biggest conservation experiment?
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. This session looks at the performance and results achieved by the Amazon Fund and by the supported projects underway in the Brazilian Amazon, within the policy framework provided, especially the Brazilian government’s Action Plan for the […]
Launch of The Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS) GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Watch the launch of Indonesia’s national carbon accounting system (INCAS) on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Indonesia has set itself an ambitious target: lowering its greenhouse gas emissions by 41% by 2020. Now it has the powerful tool needed to keep track of its progress. High-level […]
The Nakau Programme – Western Pacific Islands Regional Payments for Ecosystem Services Programme
8 Dec 2015
Regional Pacific NGO Live & Learn will announce the commercial launch of a rainforest protection initiative designed to lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation that pays rural landowners to care for their forests. Speakers include indigenous participants and the representative of a Swedish business that helps companies offset their emissions through the initiative. […]
2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Mark Burrows – Closing Keynote
7 Dec 2015
Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse, Mark Burrows, speaks at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers […]
