“I have been able to buy clothes, feed and educate my kids. I have I have even started building an extension to my house,” Yolanda says proudly. Yolanda is one of several producers around Quito in Ecuador, supplying goldenberries to Terrafertil – a climate positive business supported by the European Investment Bank via the EcoEnterprises […]
Pop quiz: how much land in developing countries do women own? A: Less than one per cent B: Two to five per cent C: Ten per cent D: I don’t know This was the opening question posed to the group gathered at the high session on gendered perspectives on land rights at this year’s Global […]
Each year, services provided by nature accumulate value in the trillions of dollars. Yet, many investors still tend to focus on unsustainable, short-term goals and strategies which exploits natural resources. As a consequence, the deployed financial capital often damages the environment as well as the economy. Considering the additional decline of natural resources due to […]
Wood energy is critical for many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa as a way to cook food, clean water, and produce and sell charcoal as a source of income. On the other hand, the utilization of wood energy is responsible for 50% of forest degradation and 10-20% of forest destruction in the region. For development practitioners […]
By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. With population and income growth driving food demand—and climate change threatening to reduce crop yields worldwide—what can governments and civil society organizations do to fight hunger? One favorable approach is a thorough use of accurate data and information and communication technologies (ICT). On Saturday, […]
As purpose driven companies continue to gain a strong footing in the global business environment, the demand for effective and profitable sustainability solutions is on the rise. Landscape restoration is often mentioned among such solutions and is said to offer a toolkit for building thriving sustainable businesses with high environmental standards and positive long-term social […]
Speakers prepared more than 80 presentations for the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum. Here are the top 5, based on online views and downloads. 5. CIFOR’s REDD+ research 4. Climate change and land rights of indigenous peoples 3. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity for agriculture and food 2. Governance, rights and the […]
During the Global Landscapes Forum’s first Pecha Kucha Style Night, seven presenters took the stage to share their stories in a new format. Each presenter could use 20 slides, for 20 seconds each – no breaks, no opportunity to switch between slides. Slides were restricted to images and graphs only, avoiding long texts and endless […]
More than 150 organizations joined forces for the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum – not only for the days of the event, but all year round through partners’ blogs and opinion pieces on landscapes.org See some of the most popular ones below: 5. Frank Hajek, Nature Services Peru – The Missing Middle: why market-based-efforts to sustain […]
The 2015 Global Landscapes Forum brought together more than 250 speakers in 40+ sessions. Only two weeks after the event, videos have been watched more than 15,000 times. See the five most popular ones below: 5. Summary video: A Collection of Connections 4. Mark Burrows Closing Keynote 3. Pecha Kucha Style Night: Stories […]
With more than 4095 votes, the photo Tree of life by Jaya Setiawan Gulo is the audience choice in the 2015 Global Landscapes photo competition, winning US$ 1000. The photo with the second most votes is Mana: the last Indian village and collected less half as many votes: 1990. More than 150 amateur and professional photographers participated in this year’s […]
Over 100 organizations contributed to the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, hosting discussions and press launches, presenting their work in pavilions and at side events. Also, environmental online platforms and specialised media outlets featured the Forum or certain aspects of it. The below gives an overview of how they reflected on the event on their website, […]
At the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, Australia launched a new International Partnership for Blue Carbon, according to a press release by Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt, a speaker at GLF 2015. Australia is joined by the governments of Indonesia and Costa Rica. The Partnership brings together governments, non-profit organisations, intergovernmental agencies, and scientists […]
A new report released on 9 December at the COP21 Paris Climate Conference, presents a scientifically validated process to assess the green credentials of products made from bamboo. It shows how items made from this versatile plant can be carbon-neutral – or even carbon-negative – over their lifecycle. This is a tool that producers can […]
