Videos
Sustainable wood energy as restoration option? GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Discussion Forum at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Fuel wood is and will remain an important pillar within the energy mix in Sub-Sahara Africa and constitutes a huge potential for the economy at all scales. Its link to food and nutrition security is critical: 50% of forest degradation and 10–20% […]
GeoJournalism GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
A growing movement of data journalists are building platforms that combine interactive maps with visualized environmental data and traditional reporting to communicate the essential stories of climate change. Here’s a chance to meet with and learn from some of the early practitioners in this field working in key bio-regions around the world. There is an […]
Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Australia’s Minister for the Environment will launch a Private Sector Roundtable to facilitate ongoing private sector involvement in the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan, a forest protection effort in the Asia-Pacific region. The launch will also include details of the second Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, to be held in 2016.
You are the Restoration Leaders GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
National and subnational ministers, corporate leaders and officials will announce commitments to the Bonn Challenge, representing a major leap towards achieving the goal of having 150 million hectares under restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. These officials will also highlight the progress already being made and tools that have been developed to […]
Realizing Zero Deforestation GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
After a wave of commitments and pledges to remove deforestation from company supply chains, how successful have businesses been in implementing these goals? CDP will launch a new report, “Realizing zero-deforestation: Transforming supply chains for the future”, which presents important new findings on how over 170 of the world’s largest companies, including Asia Pulp & […]
Regional declaration to promote Climate Smart Agriculture in Latin America, GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Eight ministers of agriculture from across Central America and the Caribbean will announce an unprecedented joint effort to pool resources against the threat of climate change. Costa Rica’s Agriculture Minister Arauz will bring together his regional counterparts and partners from research to set out the next steps.
New restoration commitments under Initiative 20×20, GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
At last year’s Global Landscapes Forum, ministers from across Latin America launched Initiative 20×20, a historic commitment to initiate the restoration of 20 million hectares of degraded land by 2020. This year, ministers from four countries will make new commitments and an announcement of a new private-sector financing mechanism managed by the Inter-American Development Bank […]
Natural Infrastructure – A Guide for Business GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will launch a new platform that makes the business case for investing in natural, or green, infrastructure and provides case studies and tools for business. Speakers include Neil Hawkins, Corporate Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer at Dow; and Brandy Wilson, Global Director Sustainability at CH2M.
The why and how of integrated landscape management in achieving sustainable development GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
A consortium of environmental organisations will release The Little Sustainable Landscapes Book, which explores how integrated landscape management can be an effective means of achieving sustainable development. The book brings together evidence from 25 case studies, dozens of examples, surveys of hundreds of integrated landscape initiative leaders, and expertise from some of the world’s leading […]
