Videos
Financing sustainable peatland management
31 May 2017
Ambitious global restoration goals have been set as per development agenda which would require close to $36-49 billion in investments each year. Indonesia, whose emissions are led by the Land Use Sector, requires an investment of more than $80 billion needed to rehabilitate forests alone. 2015 witnessed massive forest fires resulting in emissions spiking as […]
Lera Miles of UN Environment: ‘There’s much more peatland there than anyone had ever anticipated’
29 May 2017
By Leona Liu, originally posted on Forests News. Indonesia – Will the recent discovery of peat in the Congo Basin be a boon or a liability for global climate change mitigation? That depends on what happens next, said Lera Miles, Senior Programme Officer at the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Center. Miles was a featured […]
Atiek Widayati – GLF: Peatlands Matter
24 May 2017
A conversation with Atiek Widayati, Geospatial Analyst at ICRAF, during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.
Tim Christophersen of UN Environment: ‘Peatlands are one of the least-understood ecosystems.’
22 May 2017
By Leona Liu, originally posted on Forests News. Indonesia – With 425 people in attendance in Jakarta — as well as over one thousand views of the event livestream and 5 million people reached through Twitter — the thematic Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter event brought together local and global actors to accelerate positive action in the management of […]
Peter Holmgren’s Welcoming Address at GLF: Peatlands Matter | Jakarta, 2017
18 May 2017
Peter Holmgren Keynote Speech at GLF: Peatlands Matter, Jakarta 18 May 2017. The Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter thematic event in Jakarta will bring together leaders in community, policy, research, civil society, grassroots activism, academia and more to share their challenges, experiences and aspirations for negotiating complex solutions to peatlands management that acknowledge competing demands. […]
FILM – Peatlands Matter: Community Perspectives
18 May 2017
A film by Nanang Sujana, for CIFOR, shot in central Kalimantan.
Gerald Schmilewski – GLF: Peatlands Matter
18 May 2017
A conversation with Gerald Schmilewski, President of the International Peatland Society (IPS), during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.
