Videos

Interactive Session: Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge to Address Climate Change – Lessons Learned from Around the World

12 Jun 2019

The World Bank and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) will disseminate the findings from a just completed study entitled “Contribution of Traditional Knowledge and Technologies to Climate Solutions”. The report draws on case studies from across the World Bank that demonstrate tested approaches by Indigenous people and local communities for tackling climate risks and makes a […]

Interactive Session: Burning Money in Landscapes? – Firefighting the Economic and Ecologic Damages of Bushfires

12 Jun 2019

Right now and linked with the current events in Brazil and Siberia, fire is at the centre of the political and media attention. But fire is not always a devastating phenomenon: in different regions of the world, bushfires have been used by indigenous communities as a rangeland management tool during centuries. Based on evidence from […]

Workshop: Removing the Blinders – Shifting Mindsets Through Connected Thinking for Better Landscapes

12 Jun 2019

Integrated Landscape Management for inclusive and sustainable development puts specific places and people living in them in the centre. Involved stakeholders on landscape level have various needs and sometimes even conflicting interests. At the same time actors in a landscape may have innovative ideas, all of them carry relevant knowledge and many have access to […]

Interactive Session: Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities: How Secure Resource Rights Help Communities in Africa Restore Forests and Build Local Economies

12 Jun 2019

Much of the forest estate in the global south is owned and directly managed by governments. State ownership of forests upon which communities rely can restrict the ability of local people to participate in decisions about how forests should be used and benefits shared. This interactive session features research from Madagascar and Tanzania on how […]

Launchpad: Scaling Up the High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach

12 Jun 2019

A new guidance document and methodology for using the HCV approach in landscape and jurisdictional settings will be launched at GLF Accra. This guide was developed in collaboration with Network Members and HCV experts and with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and it applies to any context across […]

Interactive Session: Peatlands Restoration, Conservation and Sustainable Management as an Effective Solution to Climate Change Challenges in Africa with a Focus on the Nile Basin

12 Jun 2019

This session will explore the collaborative work being done by African and international partners of the Global Peatlands Initiative on the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of peatlands highlighting the Nile River Basin Region. Partners will share their work in mapping the extent and status of peatlands, quantifying their carbon storage, transboundary management plans, and […]