Stakeholders of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) called for more African countries to join the initiative citing it as the best solution to tackle the continent´s challenges like hunger and the effects of climate change.
BONN, Germany (Landscape News) — Five years after her death, the forest advocacy efforts of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai were commemorated at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany during the Global Landscapes Forum, Dec. 19-20. Almost a thousand delegates gathered to witness Maria Margarida Ribeiro Da Silva from Brazil receive the Wangari […]
By Dhanush Dinesh, originally published at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) In order for agriculture to be climate-smart, there is also the need to be water-smart, landscape-smart, energy-smart, knowledge-smart and gender-smart. This week marks a very important period in history: world leaders are gathering at the UN Climate Summit in New […]
A public-private partnership of multinationals, governments, civil society and indigenous peoples pledged to cut the loss of forests in half by 2020 and end it a decade later in 2030, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) announced at the UN Climate Summit in New York. For the first time, 155 of these global leaders agreed […]
The original article was posted at CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, an implementing partner of the Global Landscapes Forum The world is missing a chance to eradicate hunger and poverty for billions of people living in regions with variable and scarce rainfall. Without improved management of rainwater, the future development goals currently […]
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is a passionate speaker on environmental issues and a supporter of CIFOR’s landscape approach. On September 25, Peru’s Minister of State for Environment and UNFCCC COP20 President will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural CGIAR Development Dialogues in New York. On December 6-7, his ministry is hosting the Global Landscapes Forum that will take […]
