Videos
Linking supply chain actors to production landscapes: Monitoring progress and performance at scale to achieve more sustainable economies, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
Using the new Trase platform (Transparency for Sustainable Economies) launched during COP22 as a springboard, this session explored the new potential to achieve full visibility in commodity supply chains, linking supply chain actors to specific geographies of production as well as allocating socio-environmental impacts in production areas to downstream supply chain actors. Trase advances radical […]
Tomorrow’s technology for today’s land use challenges, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
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Disconnection to interconnection: The role of youth in shifting perceptions and presenting solutions to rural-urban migration, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
This session explored the migration of people from rural to urban areas through a series of personal stories delivered by people who have experienced migration, are longing to migrate, and work in the area of migration.Using experiential storytelling and innovative design sprint methodology, participants worked together to understand the underlying challenges presented in the stories, […]
From commitment to action – developing strategies to operationalize integrated landscape approaches, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
The session identifies the current impediments to implementing landscape approaches and begin to develop the solutions for overcoming these impediments. Panelists from a spectrum of backgrounds from research and policy are joined by those in attendance in attempting to move beyond normative suggestions of “we need to implement, we need more investment, we need to […]
Climate, business and landscapes: Mobilizing large-scale investment for smallholder farmers, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
Smallholder farmers play a key role in the production of agricultural crops for domestic and global markets. But, smallholders remain disenfranchised, often facing economic, financial and institutional constraints that make the adoption of more efficient practices, technologies and business models difficult. This session explored the multiple perspectives of development practitioners and financiers, including impact investors, […]
Ibrahim Thiaw – Financing restoration to close emissions gap, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
22 Nov 2016
Ibrahim Thiaw is the Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). At the Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh, he made the case for increased finance for restoration to help countries fight climate change. The Discussion Forum he spoke at addressed the funding/finance gap challenge (i.e. the difference between the supply and demand […]
Closing Plenary, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
22 Nov 2016
The closing plenary of the Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development featured representatives from the Global Landscapes Forum’s founding and coordinating partners to share and discuss their visions and expectations for the future of the Forum over the next four years. The Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to […]
Unlocking private finance in forests, sustainable land use and restoration – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
22 Nov 2016
Watch this Discussion Forum from the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development in Marrakesh, Morocco, alongside UNFCCC COP22.
Opening plenary – Climate meets landscape, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
19 Nov 2016
The opening plenary of the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh brought together leaders from policy, research, civil society and grassroots activism to share their visions for realizing climate solutions – utilizing the landscape approach and identifying key next steps to achieving tangible, implementable action. Speakers shared their hopes for the event and raise questions […]
CIAT endorses Global Landscapes Forum – ready to reach 1 billion
18 Nov 2016
Ruben Echeverria, Director General of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) endorses the Global Landscapes Forum and its vision to introduce 1 billion people to the landscape approach. CIAT contributes 40+ years in soil and fertility research and ties the Forum to its newly launched global program on landscape restoration. Join our movement as […]
