Videos
2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Ariane de Rothschild – Opening Keynote
5 Dec 2015
Chair of the Executive Committee of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, Ariane de Rothschild, speaks at the high-level opening plenary session from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as […]
High-level Opening Plenary – Full version GLF 2015
5 Dec 2015
Watch the high-level opening plenary session from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015 in Paris, France, alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need to scale up efforts. Panelists discuss the […]
WATCH: Global Landscapes Forum video invite
18 Nov 2015
The coordinating partners of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015 invite you to join them and find out why it’s all connected. Watch Watch Achim Steiner, Helen Clark, Mark Burrows, Paula Caballero, Andrew Steer, Jeremy Bird, Peter Holmgren and Debora Bossio. Video invites from implementing partners: the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., World Agroforestry […]
CIFOR scientists on the fire and haze crisis in Indonesia
30 Oct 2015
In Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, the peat areas are burning and emitting a toxic smoke causing untold damage to the environment, wildlife and human health. Most of the fires in Central Kalimantan are blazing in former peatland forests, which have been drained, cleared and burned for oil palm and agriculture, large and small. The dried-out […]
CIFOR’s DG Peter Holmgren on: A Sustainable Development Goal on Landscapes – Setting the agenda at COP19 in Warsaw
11 Oct 2015
Original post by Peter Holmgren. The year 2015 is key for the future of our growing population on this planet. With the Kyoto-protocol coming to an end by 2020, world leaders will be meeting next month in Warsaw to continue work on a new climate change agreement that applies to both developed and developing countries. […]
GLF speaker and French Minister Ségolène Royal introduces COP21
29 Sep 2015
Ségolène Royal is Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France and is confirmed as high-level speaker at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum.
Beat climate change: one thing you need to know
28 May 2015
Anne Larson: The need for a gendered approach to REDD+
8 Mar 2015
CIFOR principal scientist Anne Larson speaks about the need to consider how climate change might affect men and women differently, and to incorporate gender into studies of both mitigation and adaptation. “If we don’t take a gendered approach, we’re likely to do more harm than good for women…In the REDD+ context, if the status quo […]
Will climate-smart agriculture help realize REDD+?
30 Dec 2014
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims to achieve both mitigation and adaptation goals. So far CSA has been an exercise that is focused on agriculture technologies, with the underlying assumption that higher yields take pressure of forests. However, this cannot be taken for granted and deserves a closer look from science, policy and investment perspectives. If implemented […]
