Videos
Interview with Dr. Horst Freiberg, BMUB, at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting
5 Oct 2017
During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, the GLF team had a chat with Dr. Horst Freiberg, Head of Division of the Forest Division of German Ministry of Environment (BMUB).
Interview with Elvis Paul Tangem, at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting
5 Oct 2017
Interview with Elvis Paul Tangem, at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting. He is a coordinator for Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative.
Interview with Bernhard Worm, BMZ, at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting
5 Oct 2017
During AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting in Niamey, Niger, the GLF team had an chat with Bernhard Worm, Senior Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Interview with Meseret Zemedkun
5 Oct 2017
During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, GLF team had an interview with Meseret Zemedkun, Program Manager, Energy (Africa) at UN Environment.
Interview with Tim Christophersen
5 Oct 2017
During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, GLF team had an interview with Tim Christophersen from UN Environment.
Interview with Cameroon and Madagascar focal points at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting
5 Oct 2017
Interview with Cameroon focal point for AFR100, Christophe Bring and Anicet Ngomin. And also with Madagascar focal point for AFR100, Julien Noël Rakotoarisoa.
2nd AFR100 Annual Partnership Meeting – Highlight video
5 Oct 2017
2nd AFR100 Annual Partnership Meeting, held in Niamey, Niger on September 26-28 September 2017.
Moving past tree planting, expanding our definition of forests and restoration
11 Aug 2017
Mexico – What is a forest? And how do you restore one? These seemingly simple questions were interrogated – with a focus on solutions – during a panel discussion at the 2017 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Meeting, recently concluded in Merida, Mexico. A group of experts on Latin American forests examined both the conservation and […]
FLEGT in Indonesia: An interview with Sulthon M. Amin
11 Aug 2017
Indonesia – Many timber-based businesses in Indonesia made a smooth transition to the European Union’s FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing system, because of its compatibility with the existing national Timber Legality Assurance System (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu, SVLK). One of the major challenges has been getting small businesses on board that may […]
The long and winding road to sustainable palm oil
11 Aug 2017
The polemic around the expansion of oil palm plantations in the tropics continues, and increasingly involves consumers concerned with sustainability. At the core of the debate is the matter of hard trade-offs between conservation and development. Reconciling such trade-offs is still the major challenge facing governments and companies. Available evidence suggests that palm oil production […]
