Videos
Making the case for organic farming and for a low external input sustainable agriculture
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Civil Society Session on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Food production is already being heavily affected by climate change. Farmers in many regions in Latin America, Asia and Africa are exposed to more frequent and longer droughts, irregular and heavy rainfalls and extreme temperatures. […]
New findings on the dynamics between forests, land use and food security
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. This session discusses emerging findings of a global scientific assessment of the relationship between forests and trees and food security and nutrition. Keynote Speaker Manoel Sobral Filho Director UN Forum of Forests Secretariat Speaker Susan Braatz […]
Learning from REDD Safeguards Information Systems: Voices from research, policy & practice
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Countries are required to comply with seven safeguards articulated in the UNFCCC COP 16 Cancun Agreement, this session looks at the key advances and challenges in the implementation of Safeguards Information Systems (SIS) by REDD+ countries, […]
Climate change, supply change – the future of sustainable commodities
15 Dec 2014
Watch this discussion Forum from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. The expansion in the production of agricultural commodities is a key driver of up to 50% of deforestation in the tropics. The challenge is to ensure the increase in demand for commodities is met through means […]
Advancing business engagement in a landscape approach
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. New multi-stakeholder landscape initiatives are emerging as an operational framework to address key risks such as deforestation and water scarcity, and support economic growth, food production, ecosystem conservation, and livelihoods across entire landscapes. However, a crucial […]
Large-scale land restoration – creating the conditions for success
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Land degradation and the processes that contribute to it are a major global concern and must be halted – even investors are starting to pay to the potential returns available in revitalizing degraded land.This session discusses […]
Moving targets: Challenges and opportunities for sustainability in “frontier” landscapes
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Landscapes across many developing countries are experiencing rapid changes mostly due to increasing demand for food and other natural resources, exacerbated by drivers such as climate change. Over time, these frontier landscapes often give rise to […]
Improving livelihoods in the Andean Region
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. The conservation, appropriation and equitable use of ecosystem goods and services – hydrologic and carbon resources in particular – are moving up higher on international and national agendas. Nevertheless, the supply of these goods and services […]
Using climate-smart technologies to scale up climate-smart agriculture practices
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. It is widely accepted that climate-smart agriculture is an important new approach to addressing food and nutritional security on one hand, and adaptation and mitigation on the other hand within one framework. This discussion focuses on […]
Factoring climate change into local development strategies: Latin America, the Carribean & Africa
15 Dec 2014
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Climate-Smart Territories (CST) means socio-geographical spaces where actors collaborate to optimize ecosystem services and agricultural production for the improvement of human well-being in the face of climate change. This session discusses a strategy for the implementation […]
