Videos
Q&A: Multiple routes to bring investment to sustainable landscapes
16 Jun 2015
David Pitt-Watson is Executive Fellow at the London Business School and Chair of the UNEP Finance Initiative. After chairing the closing session of the Global Landscapes Forum on investment in London, he says there is now potential for finance to play its essential role and take money from where it is to where it is […]
Q&A: NGOs engaging private sector on sustainable investment
16 Jun 2015
Andy White is Coordinator of the Rights and Resources Initiative, an umbrella group of 14 non-profit organisations promoting forest and land use policy reform. Speaking from the Global Landscapes Forum on investment, he says settings such as the Interlaken Group now allow NGOs to engage directly with the private sector.
The landscape puzzle: An introduction to the landscape approach
15 Jun 2015
Navigating Regional Development and Food Security Challenges Presented by Cora van Oosten from the Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) at Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen UR), this insightful presentation delves into the intriguing world of the landscape approach, offering a fresh perspective on regional development and food security. With a keen focus on […]
WATCH: Investors look for common language at Landscapes Forum
15 Jun 2015
Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News, by Thomas Hubert. Investment bankers and fund managers met with agriculture and forestry researchers, representatives from advocacy groups and government agencies at the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case event held in London on June 10. There was a sense that momentum is growing to connect the flows of […]
WATCH VIDEO SERIES: WWF’s NGP provides voices for better plantation practises
9 Jun 2015
Watch here our full Video series from Chile. PlantNation is an on-line community website by the New Generation Plantations (NGP) – created to provide exposure to new voices in the plantation debate, where fictional stories complemented by interviews, give the starting point for creative quest for answers. Nobody has all the answers, we all have our pieces […]
Beat climate change: one thing you need to know
28 May 2015
Tropical Landscapes Summit, Jakarta April 2015
30 Apr 2015
The Tropical Landscapes Summit in Jakarta concentrated on sustainable development. Bringing together government, private sector and NGOs the summit discussed economic action that needs to be taken in the fight against climate change.
Youth in landscapes: Building skills, confidence and networks
18 Mar 2015
The ‘youth in landscapes’ initiative is a world-first project uniting top young forestry and agriculture innovators (aged 18 – 35) to tackle global land use challenges and create solutions using innovation tools, leadership development and intercultural skills. To get involved in 2015 activities, contact Michelle at m.kovacevic[at]cgiar.org or sign up to our mailing list: www.landscapes.org/youth […]
Anne Larson: The need for a gendered approach to REDD+
8 Mar 2015
CIFOR principal scientist Anne Larson speaks about the need to consider how climate change might affect men and women differently, and to incorporate gender into studies of both mitigation and adaptation. “If we don’t take a gendered approach, we’re likely to do more harm than good for women…In the REDD+ context, if the status quo […]
Robert Nasi – Wildlife: a forgotten and threatened forest resource
4 Mar 2015
In this video, Robert Nasi, Deputy Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), speaks about bushmeat and food security. Protein from wildlife (including fish) is crucial to food security, nutrition and health across the tropics. The harvest of duikers, antelopes, pigs, primates, rodents, birds, reptiles and fish provides invaluable benefits to local […]
