Videos
Discussion Forum 14: From forests to markets, making supply chains greener through PPPs
13 Dec 2018
The forest landscape restoration (FLR) process should contribute to the development of a sound base for a circular bio-economy – away from the fossil fuel-based economy – and should guide a transition in which sustainable forestry and legal supply chains play a significant role in producing the timber and forest products, energy, food and ecosystem […]
Discussion Forum 12: Help create the future of sustainable trade
13 Dec 2018
Join the IDH and partners in discussing Verified Sourcing Areas: a new market mechanism aimed at providing large volumes of commodities in line with sustainability commitments at a competitive scale and price, while lifting the base level of sustainability in producing regions. VSAs provide an answer to pressing issues like deforestation, smallholder livelihoods, water- and […]
Discussion Forum 15: Financing Forest Landscape Restoration
13 Dec 2018
Stakeholders and policy makers discuss how to successfully incentivise private investments in forest landscape restoration (FLR) to reach the targets of initiatives like the Bonn Challenge, New York Declaration and AFR100.
Side Event 6: Redirect Private Capital towards “Deforestation-free” Commodity Production
13 Dec 2018
This session will deepen the dialogue and learn from innovative solutions on how redirecting private capitals toward “deforestation-free” commodity production that promote sustainable land-use and forest protection, while meeting current and future challenges in relation to poverty, food security, climate and environmental issues. Background Forests have strong capabilities to sequester carbon, purify water and protect […]
Discussion Forum 5: Re-imagining global agriculture
13 Dec 2018
This discussion forum will focus on how to achieve net-positive impact in agricultural value chains through a landscape approach. Olam International is a global “seed-to-shelf” agricultural business with operations in 66 countries. Olam grows, sources, processes, trades and supplies around 47 different food and fibre commodities including cocoa, coffee, cotton, edible nuts, grains, spices & […]
Discussion Forum 19: Integrating bioenergy and landscape restoration in the tropics
13 Dec 2018
Mixed bioenergy tree species planted in the tropics on degraded land could solve several international development challenges. Renewable energy is a key component of several U.N. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. They include affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), climate action (SDG 13) and life on land (SDG 15). Bioenergy agroforestry systems offer the potential […]
Interview with Zipporah – GLF Bonn 2018
13 Dec 2018
Discussion Forum 18: Landscape Programs in Actions: Experiences from the Field
13 Dec 2018
An integrated landscape approach can help countries tackle rural development challenges – poverty, rapidly expanding populations, deforestation and land degradation, – and create thriving rural landscapes that benefit people, the economy and the environment. However, implementing a landscape approach requires political commitment, coordination across sectors, stakeholder engagement, financial resources, clear rights, and sound technical know-how. […]
Discussion Forum 8: Shaping agricultural supply chains to help people – and landscapes – prosper
13 Dec 2018
The session presents and discusses an innovative approach for sustainable landscape management in the Brazilian savannah involving multi-stake holder governance (federal, state and local governments, research institutions, rural technical assistance entities, farmers and traditional communities) and integrated activities of environmental regularization based on the compliance of the Brazilian Forest Law, forest restoration and implementation of […]
