Preliminary research shows somewhat limited village-level participation in early-stage efforts at curbing emissions through avoided tropical deforestation, according to scientists presenting at a recent conference. The findings from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) initiatives in six countries relate to REDD+ safeguards, which were created to mitigate social and environmental risks and promote non-carbon benefits. […]
To request media interviews, contact: Michelle Kovacevic landscapes.youth@gmail.com +61-439-444-762 08:30 – 12:30 GMT-5 (registration opens 07:30) December 6 Westin Lima Hotel and Convention Center, Lima, Peru Register: www.landscapes.org/youth Join the discussion on Twitter: @GlobalLF #thinklandscape In Australia, a law student tries to help scientists and lawyers understand each other, paving the way for sound […]
Originally published at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Forest News Call it a “policymaker’s cookbook.” A group of international experts from academia, research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has developed a typology to analyze the policy “ecosystem” for different land-management tools. “Our goal is to understand what combinations of actions by citizens, consumers, […]
This blog by Liz Deakin and James Reed was originally published on Forests News Integrated approaches to land management at landscape scales have been evident in the development and conservation sectors, under various guises, for many years now. But despite initial promise, strategies such as Integrated Conservation and Development Programs, Ecosystem Based Approaches and Integrated Watershed Management have in many […]
Beatriz Zavariz will be pitching an idea or recommendation at the youth session on the GLF theme of ‘implementation of integrated landscape approaches’. Learn more about the GLF youth session here! If you will be attending COP20 in Lima, build you professional skills and knowledge by attending the youth masterclasses. Beginning when I was three years old and my father […]
RTBMaps is a flagship online atlas developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) that provides all sorts of geographic information on RTB crops worldwide for the benefit of the research and development community. RTBMaps just received the ComputerWorld 2014 Data+ Editors’ Choice Award for its innovative use of big data analytics for informed decision making. […]
To achieve the UN’s Sustainable Management Goals (SDGs) to reduce hunger and poverty, a more efficient and equitable use of water resources is key. International Water Management Institute (IWMI) just published On target for people and planet; setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals to help shapenew policies and investments in the coming decades. “Of all our natural resources, […]
“UN system-wide initiative on agroecology is needed” At the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) will be making the case for organic agriculture having the potential to be part of a solution to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Landscapes.org spoke with Gábor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager at IFOAM about the […]
Beatriz Zavariz will be pitching an idea or recommendation at the youth session on the GLF theme of ‘implementation of integrated landscape approaches’. Learn more about the GLF youth session here! If you will be attending COP20 in Lima, build you professional skills and knowledge by attending the youth masterclasses. Beginning when I was three years old and my father […]
The following piece by IFPRI’s Maximo Torero was originally published on Devex On World Food Day, it’s time to remind ourselves that economic growth is only sustainable if all countries have food security. Without a country-owned and country-driven food security strategy, there will be obstacles and additional costs to global, regional and country level economic growth. Countries […]
The ‘Integrated Landscape Approach’ provides a basic framework for balancing competing demands and integrating policies for multiple land uses within a given area. However, attempts to formalize and characterize what the landscape approach actually represents have resulted in a plethora of interlinked terminology and re-invention of ideas and practices under multiple guises. The current study […]
The Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is looking for relevant information and case studies to feed into a working paper on coherence and coordination for financing for forests. Submission can include a. Experience with use of resources/the transfer of payments in results-based approaches; b. Experience with the provision […]
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director, Achim Steiner launched a carbon offsetting application to help participants at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 12) offset their carbon emissions. The Carbon Offsetting Fund calculates the carbon cost created by participants’ travel and stay […]
Warning of a looming global food crisis, a recent article in National Geographic highlighted the challenges of meeting humanity’s future food needs and discussed the need for further agricultural research, which—alongside agricultural yields—has flattened in the years after the Green Revolution of the 1940s-60s brought surges in yields of staple crops like rice and corn. More public […]
Originally published at FAO Forests and family farms are part of an integrated productive system for indigenous peoples, local forest communities, and smallholders living in forested landscapes. Together forests and family farms deliver ecosystem services and benefits for livelihoods and well-being. The infographic illustrates the relationship between forests and family farms and highlights the advantages […]
