The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is pleased to be a founding partner of theInternational Partnership for Blue Carbon, announced by the Australian Minister for the Environment,Greg Hunt, at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on 6 December. “It is an enormous opportunity, as has been recognized here, for reducing emissions, for improving […]
Mark Tercek and Greg Fishbein from The Nature Conservancy shared their thoughts on the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in The Huffington Post. They remind world politicians and other decision-makers of the benefits of natural systems for solving many of the problems of climate change these days. Protecting, restoring and improving how we manage the world’s forests, […]
A new online platform is now available to provide all existing and consolidated data on carbon emissions from tropical deforestation. The Global Forest Watch Climate (GFWC) web platform encourages users to explore and analyze carbon emissions across tropical forest landscapes, monitor trends in deforestation emissions through time, make comparisons, and identify and prioritize areas for […]
Before climate negotiators were huddled around tables debating the final changes to the 2015 Paris agreement, they were busy deliberating another contentious text: the Sustainable Development Goals. September 8, 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially replaced the Millennium Development Goals. While only one goal explicitly calls for “Clean Water and Sanitation,” most of […]
The Bonn Challenge is the biggest restoration project in history, shrouded in two myths that surround landscape restoration. The first is that it costs too much. The second is that with the race against climate change and an economic culture requiring quick returns, it simply takes too long. Evidence has shown, however, that actual change […]
The term landscape has become dominant in conversations about land use and sustainability. This was especially true at the Global Landscapes Forum, a weekend full of experts and attendees talking and thinking about landscapes. But what are we exactly talking about, what does the term include, where does it come from, and what is the […]
A value chain is what turns a plant into your latte. Value chains represent the transformation of raw materials into final products available on your grocery store shelves, and detail the value added at each stage in the production process. Visualize the journey of traditional ‘farm-to-fork’ agricultural items; for example, taking an Indian-grown mango and […]
What are ecosystem services? The concept can be explained using a simple example. If you go and buy a wooden chair for 60 Euros, you’re agreeing that it is worth the 60 Euro price set both by the vendor and the market. Ecosystem services deal with nature’s services such as watershed maintenance or carbon sequestration from which […]
Small-scale, yet confident, baby steps at home can lead to larger-scale sustainable climate action. Sub-national authorities’—regions, states, provinces and municipalities—actions to address the impacts of climate change and implement their own INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) in many countries can be models of change from which national governments could learn. Local actors and local-level planning […]
Former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks at the high-level opening plenary session from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need to scale […]
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius delivered a video address to the high-level opening plenary session at the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need […]
CEO of Danone, Emmanuel Faber, speaks at the high-level opening plenary session from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need to […]
US Governor of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr. “Jerry”, 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 climate goals. The […]
Head of International Processes at IFSA, Salina Abraham, speaks on behalf of the Forum organizers at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers […]
Executive Director of UNEP and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Achim Steiner, speaks at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers a […]
