Videos
People and peat: Livelihoods in context
1 Jun 2017
Edges of peatlands, usually along rivers, have a long history of human settlement. Peatlands are a challenging place to live, but provide a range of products and income sources, including agroforestry, tree and forest domestication (paludiculture). With the current focus on rewetting, revegetation and revitalization, options for local livelihoods still appear to be an afterthought […]
Peatland fires, haze and health
1 Jun 2017
Forest and peatland fires, which occur on an annual basis in Indonesia, affect the entire Southeast Asian region and result in extensive environmental destruction as well as threats to livelihoods. In particular, the displacement of massive pollution – a brown cloud consisting of fire-born particles mixed with industrial pollution – over Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia […]
Atiek Widayati – GLF: Peatlands Matter
24 May 2017
A conversation with Atiek Widayati, Geospatial Analyst at ICRAF, during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.
FILM – Peatlands Matter: Community Perspectives
18 May 2017
A film by Nanang Sujana, for CIFOR, shot in central Kalimantan.
Dennis del Castillo – GLF: Peatlands Matter
18 May 2017
A conversation with Dennis del Castillo, Director of Forest Management and Environmental Service Program at the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP), during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.
GFAR webinar on “Participatory Video”
15 May 2017
Our GLF team attended an excellent webinar on Participatory Video (PV), particularly on how it is used in agricultural research. Coordinated by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), this two-hour event parsed the techniques, trials and tribulations of working with video techniques that involve stakeholders in every stage of production: from storyboarding to shooting to editing. […]
Mark W. Rosegrant at GLF: Agriculture, landscapes and climate
8 Dec 2016
Mark W. Rosegrant, Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Louis Verchot at GLF: Climate-resilient agriculture
8 Dec 2016
Louis Verchot, Director of the Soils Research Area at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Now in its sixth installment, the Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to implementing action on the […]
Migration: A vehicle for sharing prosperity
7 Dec 2016
Dilip Ratha is a scholar of international migration and its relationship with global development. This is a recording of his presentation at the Global Landscapes Forum youth session on rural-urban migration held on 16 November, 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco. Dilip talks about his own migration from India to USA and the challenges of sending money […]
Erik Solheim talks climate at the Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh
30 Nov 2016
Eric Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, speaks with CIFOR’s Leona Liu about sustainable development and the landscape approach during the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Marrakesh. Learn more about the event at http://www.landscapes.org/glf-marrakesh/
