GLF 2015: Resilient landscapes to reduce fragility, conflict and migration

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 interventions, and build partnerships with the private sector for sustainable landscapes.

Moderators:

• Paola Agostini, Global Lead for Resilient Landscapes, World Bank
• Sean DeWitt, Director Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute

Speakers:

• Minister Edgar Gutierrez Espeleta, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
• Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Antoinette Macumi, Adviser to the Minister of Water, Environment, Land and Urban Planning, Burundi
• Djimé Adoum, Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
• Paula Caballero, Senior Director for Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
• Louise Baker, Coordinator, External Relations and Policy, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
• Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Unilever
• Adama Tondossama, Director General, Office of Parks and Reserves, Cote d’Ivoire