Videos
Where landscape approaches reach their limits – interview with Nathan Russel (CIAT)
22 Dec 2014
Interview led by Global Donor Platform for Rural Development From landscapes skeptic to communicating integrated solutions: CIAT’s Director of Communications, Nathan Russel, outlines his take on landscape approaches, highlighting some advantages but also clear limitations. In contexts where violence prevails, dialogue between land use stakeholders is futile, argues Russel.
A new climate agenda? Moving forward with adaptation-based mitigation
19 Dec 2014
Watch this High-level Panel Discussion on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Adaptation-based mitigation is one solution for addressing climate change. Therefore it is important to identify what the international community can do support on the ground implementation of adaptation-based mitigation. A landscapes approach can help overcome […]
Minding the research-practitioner gap:The implementation of integrated landscape approaches
18 Dec 2014
Watch this High-level Panel Discussion on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. This session addresses the gap between the theory and practice of the implementation of integrated landscape approaches to land use planning and management. Mirjam Ros-Tonen Associate Professor University of Amsterdam David Cooper Director Science, Assessments […]
Global Landscapes Forum in blogs and news
17 Dec 2014
See below a selection of some of the blogs and ne ws articles that attendants of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum published on other websites. We will continue to collect voices from the Forum for landscapes.org. Climate Change Creates New Geography of Food By Fabiola Ortíz, IPS (Tierramérica) The magnitude of the climate changes brought about […]
GLF 2014: Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards
17 Dec 2014
By Kate Evans, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel at the Global Landscapes Forum on the sidelines of the UN climate conference (COP20) said progress on safeguards on the ground in some countries offers hope. “It is an exciting time for REDD+ […]
Learning from REDD Safeguards Information Systems: Voices from research, policy & practice
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Countries are required to comply with seven safeguards articulated in the UNFCCC COP 16 Cancun Agreement, this session looks at the key advances and challenges in the implementation of Safeguards Information Systems (SIS) by REDD+ countries, […]