Videos
Inspirational talks by Crop Trust’s Stefan Schmitz and climate activist Vanessa Nakate, followed by a Conscious Planet talk and a guided meditation with Sadhguru
9 Jun 2020
Regardez la retransmission en ligne en français: https://app.interactio.io/Agenda/DirectedAgenda?eventId=22831 Da click aquí para la transmisión en español: https://app.interactio.io/Agenda/DirectedAgenda?eventId=22831 As food need to grow, ecological degradation threatens not only food production but our very survival on the planet. It is time for people to become conscious of our fundamental relationship with land. How healthy the soil is today is how healthy we will […]
GLF 2020 Theme: Food and Livelihoods
8 May 2020
The Global Landscapes Forum’s 2020 theme is centered on re-imagining a more sustainable future for food and livelihoods. Today, food production and agricultural systems are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, a main driver of deforestation and the greatest threat to biodiversity. Join the GLF Bonn Digital Conference 2020 on June 3-5, […]
Building BRIDGEs | Cross-Sectoral Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation: Health, Nutrition, and Ecosystem Services
8 May 2020
Sound management of natural resources is integral to a country’s development, resilience, and self-reliance. By promoting development that benefits both nature and people, biodiversity conservation activities can strengthen development impact and the capacity of countries to manage their natural resources, improving their self-reliance. For the past five years, USAID’s Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development […]
COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat
30 Apr 2020
The spreading of diseases from animals to humans—also called zoonotic—is a public health concern in light of the current pandemic. COVID-19 has now spread to more than 100 countries worldwide is also suspected to be originated from pangolin or bat sold in market in Wuhan, China. As the efforts to curb pandemic accelerate, many conservationists are welcoming China’s move to outlaw hunting and consumption of wild animals. And yet, the reality is not that simple. The ban may put millions of forest dwellers at risk of food insecurity, as Indigenous or rural communities often consume wild meat as their sole source of protein. How do we address this challenge? Can we find the middle ground to this complex reality?
Q&A on deforestation and COVID-19
27 Apr 2020
From the quarantined desk of Landscape News comes a new series of live interviews with experts examining the linkages between COVID-19 and climate change. On 27 April, Musonda Mumba, chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), spoke with Robert Nasi, director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and Annika Terrana, a […]
Food without farmers: Is this the future we want?
25 Apr 2020
The recent IPCC report showed that our food systems are estimated to cause up to 29% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This is due to unsustainable crop and livestock production as well as deforestation. Estimates show that agriculture is responsible for 80% of deforestation worldwide. The world is on the cusp of a new […]
Is lab-grown food a solution to the climate crisis?
24 Apr 2020
Is lab-grown food a solution to the climate crisis? This conversation with experts from around the world will explore the issues and key questions related to recent trends towards lab-grown food, that in turn could impact the amount of soil-grown food and therefore, the farmers that grow it. Policymakers, journalists, activists, health experts, funders and philanthropists, […]
Across borders and generations: an intergenerational conversation on organic agriculture
24 Apr 2020
US organic wheat farmer and author, Bob Quinn, will join in conversation with two young farmers: Kaluki Paul Mutuku, an organic farmer from Kenya and Laureene Reeves, an urban farmer from Uganda. What challenges do these farmers share even though they are from different parts of the world? How do they overcome these challenges? This […]
What is organic agriculture?
24 Apr 2020
Organic agriculture encompasses the entire production system from farm to table, including processing and marketing
Be Part of the Change: Join the Youth in Landscapes Initiative!
17 Apr 2020
YIL is a partnership coordinated by the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) and the Global AgroEcology Alliance (GAEA). Together, these organisations represent over 50,000 young people working and studying within sectors including agriculture, forestry and agroecology. Today, YIL has become a global movement of young people committed to […]
