Videos
How are trees good for us? ‘Sentinels’ may hold the answer
23 Dec 2014
By Joan Baxter, originally published at Forests News It’s a unique, massive—and massively ambitious—research initiative, spanning nine landscapes across 20 countries on three continents. It involves scores of scientists and practitioners from 60 organizations, and employs a panoply of research methods from household surveys to soil sampling, from vegetation inventories to satellite imagery. And it’s […]
With climate effects looming, land-use planners reach for their toolbox
22 Dec 2014
By Barbara Fraser, originall published at Forests News It’s coming soon. And it’s time to act now. Imminent climatic changes challenge planners and policy makers to forecast likely impacts and launch adaptation plans a decade or more before the worst effects are felt. With more (and better) data and tools for exploring future scenarios, planners […]
Where landscape approaches reach their limits – interview with Nathan Russel (CIAT)
22 Dec 2014
Interview led by Global Donor Platform for Rural Development From landscapes skeptic to communicating integrated solutions: CIAT’s Director of Communications, Nathan Russel, outlines his take on landscape approaches, highlighting some advantages but also clear limitations. In contexts where violence prevails, dialogue between land use stakeholders is futile, argues Russel.
A new climate agenda? Moving forward with adaptation-based mitigation
19 Dec 2014
Watch this High-level Panel Discussion on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Adaptation-based mitigation is one solution for addressing climate change. Therefore it is important to identify what the international community can do support on the ground implementation of adaptation-based mitigation. A landscapes approach can help overcome […]
Minding the research-practitioner gap:The implementation of integrated landscape approaches
18 Dec 2014
Watch this High-level Panel Discussion on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. This session addresses the gap between the theory and practice of the implementation of integrated landscape approaches to land use planning and management. Mirjam Ros-Tonen Associate Professor University of Amsterdam David Cooper Director Science, Assessments […]
Global Landscapes Forum in blogs and news
17 Dec 2014
See below a selection of some of the blogs and ne ws articles that attendants of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum published on other websites. We will continue to collect voices from the Forum for landscapes.org. Climate Change Creates New Geography of Food By Fabiola Ortíz, IPS (Tierramérica) The magnitude of the climate changes brought about […]
GLF 2014: Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards
17 Dec 2014
By Kate Evans, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel at the Global Landscapes Forum on the sidelines of the UN climate conference (COP20) said progress on safeguards on the ground in some countries offers hope. “It is an exciting time for REDD+ […]
