Videos
Sustainable wood energy as restoration option? GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Discussion Forum at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Fuel wood is and will remain an important pillar within the energy mix in Sub-Sahara Africa and constitutes a huge potential for the economy at all scales. Its link to food and nutrition security is critical: 50% of forest degradation and 10–20% […]
Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Australia’s Minister for the Environment will launch a Private Sector Roundtable to facilitate ongoing private sector involvement in the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan, a forest protection effort in the Asia-Pacific region. The launch will also include details of the second Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, to be held in 2016.
You are the Restoration Leaders GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
National and subnational ministers, corporate leaders and officials will announce commitments to the Bonn Challenge, representing a major leap towards achieving the goal of having 150 million hectares under restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. These officials will also highlight the progress already being made and tools that have been developed to […]
New restoration commitments under Initiative 20×20, GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
At last year’s Global Landscapes Forum, ministers from across Latin America launched Initiative 20×20, a historic commitment to initiate the restoration of 20 million hectares of degraded land by 2020. This year, ministers from four countries will make new commitments and an announcement of a new private-sector financing mechanism managed by the Inter-American Development Bank […]
The South Sumatra Eco-Region Alliance: A partnership for change
8 Dec 2015
A public–private partnership in Indonesia will announce a major effort to protect the country’s peatlands—under threat from commercial agriculture, including activities behind this year’s forest fires—from destruction. Participants include climate officials from Indonesia’s national government, the Governor of South Sumatra, and the representative of a paper company operating in Indonesia.
2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Robin Chazdon – Keynote
7 Dec 2015
Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Robin Chazdon, speaks at the high-level plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session builds a bridge between the research and policy communities, focusing on the role landscapes play in achieving SDGs and new […]
GLF 2015: Resilient landscapes to reduce fragility, conflict and migration
7 Dec 2015
Watch this High-Level Discussion on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Experts in landscape management explore how to position the landscape approach as a key tool for poverty reduction and for managing rural-to-urban migration, build a bridge between Latin America and Africa on sharing experiences of landscape […]
Beyond the blaze: What next for Indonesia’s forests?
16 Nov 2015
More than 100,000 fires ravaged the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan throughout September and October 2015, producing a noxious haze that affected tens of thousands of people. Seasonal rains began in November, but 2015/16 are El Nino years, so the threat of new fires is far from over. The problem is complex but it can […]
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 […]
Pitchers, dragons and the landscape – Ashwin Ravikumar on his GLF Youth Session experience
11 Feb 2015
CIFOR postdoctoral fellow Ashwin Ravikumar on the the importance of engaging young people at the Global Landscapes Forum: “The amount of learning that just happened in that room, not just by young people but also by older professionals was amazing.”
