Videos
Building a Forest-Based Economy in the Amazon
11 Nov 2021
About Amazon Conservation Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) works to conserve the biodiversity of the Amazon basin through the development of new scientific understanding, sustainable resource management, and rational land-use policy. The principal objective of the organization is to develop field research sites ranging from high elevation cloud forests to the lowland of Amazonian forest. It is this altitudinal gradient […]
Project to Process: Pitfalls and Potential of Implementing Long-term Integrated Landscape Approaches
7 Nov 2021
This session will highlight experiences in Integrated Landscapes Approaches (ILA) implementation and reflect on the challenges related to facilitating long-term and more meaningful landscape-scale initiatives that are adaptable, flexible and ultimately more effective. Moving from “project” to “process” has been mooted as the means of ensuring more effective and more equitable means of engagement at […]
FOLUR on how to grow greener food
7 Nov 2021
#GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers Launch of FOLUR Impact Program The Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program is an integrated platform designed to transform food systems by mobilizing sustainable production landscapes in 27 country projects for eight major commodities, including livestock, cocoa, coffee, maize, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat. FOLUR improves […]
Landscapes for Forests and Food
7 Nov 2021
The ways we use our land to produce food and other goods and services are responsible for just under a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within this segment, the most significant contributors are deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management. It’s also on the land where climate change has its […]
Collaborative Actions for Rural Prosperity and Biodiversity Conservation in Peru
15 Oct 2021
This session showcases findings from an integrated intervention developed in the priority landscape of the San Martín region, and spotlights the leadership of smallholder farmers in mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. Co-created with public, private and local actors, the San Martín model combines natural climate solutions (including conservation, restoration and agroforestry) with market-driven commodity […]
Possible Pathways towards Sustainable Forest Management in the Amazon
15 Oct 2021
This session examines key priorities for advancing sustainable forest management in the Amazon. Guided by the Strategic Plan of the Amazon Forest Forum (a collaborative platform of 75 organizations working towards the development of sustainable and inclusive solutions to environmental degradation in the Amazon region) and the Positive Agenda for Sustainable Forest Management, it explores […]
Farming with Trees: Learning among Brazilian and Peruvian Agroforestry Farmers
15 Oct 2021
Agroforestry holds immense potential as a nature-based solution for sustainable land management in the Amazon but faces multiple scaling barriers. Drawing on traditional and family farmers’ innovations, this session explores practical pathways for advancing agroforestry in Brazil and Peru. Representatives from cooperatives and NGOs discuss their learnings on how to generate value and improve livelihoods, […]
Bamboo/Guadua Ecosystem Services and Their Relationship with the Amazonian Livelihoods
15 Oct 2021
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are among the most biodiversity-rich regions in the world, particularly in species of bamboo native to the Americas. Communities in the region have known about bamboo’s unique socioecological benefits for more than 10,000 years, including its vital contribution to several ecosystem services of provisioning, regulation and recreation. This session, hosted by […]
Amazonia Film Festival – Q&A 1
15 Oct 2021
Join us to kick off the Amazonia Film Festival with a collection of short and full-length non-fiction films about the region. Explore one of the most biologically- and culturally diverse places on the planet, and delve into its daily realities through the eyes of filmmakers from the Amazon and beyond. Enjoy and reflect on documentaries […]
The Realities of Meat Production: From Smallholder Producers to Consumers
15 Oct 2021
In this session, we demonstrate integrated territorial management as a way to address the conservation challenges of the Amazon. How the implementation of practical actions in the field by Marfrig and its partners have contributed to common development. We believe that the preservation of the Amazon is an urgent issue that requires the mobilization of […]
