Videos
Action on zero deforestation pledges GLF 2015
11 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Recent commitments from major international corporations to ensure that their supply-chains are deforestation free, have gained a lot of attention. But the effective and broad implementation of standards across the supply base faces major challenges, including […]
2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Closing Plenary – The way forward
11 Dec 2015
Watch the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers a space for tracking progress as well as outlining next steps. Facilitator: Achim Steiner, Executive […]
Youth Session: Dragon’s Den GLF 2015
10 Dec 2015
Watch the Youth Session on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. 50 outstanding young professionals work on solutions to 5 landscape challenges. MC: Mia Signs, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Dragons Paula Caballero, Senior Director at the World Bank Steven Lawry, Director of governance […]
Launch of two major African landscape initiatives GLF 2015
10 Dec 2015
Launch of two major African landscape initiatives: AFR100: Restoring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes in Africa by 2030 and Africa Resilient Landscape Initiative African ministers will share their experiences and results from implementing landscape-level initiatives in their countries. An international perspective on resilient landscapes will be given by WRI and the World […]
Sharing the planet means sharing the problems: Indigenous activist Joan Carling at GLF 2015
10 Dec 2015
Originally published at CIFOR’s Forests News Those who caused the global “carbon problem” should take a greater share of the responsibility for resolving it, an indigenous activist has said. “It’s a shared responsibility, but those who caused it will have to get a bigger burden,” Joan Carling, Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, […]
Engaging the private sector in long-term solutions to end Indonesia’s forest fires and haze
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Indonesia’s fires and haze have implications across multiple scales, including regional investment and political relations, as well as international trade and global commodity supply chains. However, it is a challenge that will have to be met […]
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Demonstrating and measuring nature‘s values requires a rigorous, evidence-based assessment of business-as-usual and alternative policy scenarios. This session identifies the economic and policy drivers and incentives that influence land-use decisions and management techniques within production systems […]
Mobilizing finance for integrated landscape initiatives
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Investors are motivated to support the development of financial solutions for integrated landscape initiatives. The session presents concrete business cases in conjunction with three financial instrument solutions: Multi-layered investment funds, conservation/environmental performance indexed bonds, and landscape/AFOLU […]
Green Growth Compacts: How three states are pursuing a different industrial development
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Recent years have seen an expansion of commitments by forest country governments, corporations, donors, and investors to reduce deforestation and land-use emissions. However, these commitments have proven difficult to implement owing to the complex challenges of […]
Changing agricultural fiscal policies
10 Dec 2015
Watch this high-level session on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session discusses practical options to redesign fiscal instruments to be more conducive to sustainable rural economic development as well as country approaches to make this happen. There are major challenges to meet increased demand for […]
