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From citizen science to satellite imagery, gathering accurate data on the states of landscapes is crucial for addressing climate change. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Progress is being made on building sustainable landscapes, but how to measure it?

Gender equity and land tenure are key to achieving sustainable landscapes, as is comprehensive and quality data for tracking what's happening.

 
Movements for equity are joining forces around the world, crossing-cutting issues such as climate, race and health. Marcus Spiske, Flickr

#BLM and climate justice join forces, the Arctic heats, and COVID-19 gear fills oceans

In this news roundup: new dates for COP 26, world’s largest electric aircraft takes off, and Extinction Rebellion meets Black Lives Matter

 
Mangrove conservationist Camille Rivera joins the Global Landscapes Forum Digital Conference from a remote hilltop in the Philippines, near where she conducts her work. Photo: Aoibheann Gillespie-Mules

Digital conferencing: our best new tool for addressing global crises?

The Global Landscapes Forum proves digital conferencing holds massive advantages for climate, social and knowledge-sharing goals.

 

GLF Bonn 2020 digital conference by the numbers

Nearly 5,000 people from 185 countries over 3 days

 

“Science is magic, but real.”

And other quotes from the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2020 digital conference

 

What is the state of environmental journalism in different parts of the world?

GLF Live with journalists Sara Schonhardt, Sahana Ghosh, Fredrick Mugira and Bram Ebus

 

How does the language we use affect our treatment of the planet?

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Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 

How is virtual reality a tool to tackle climate change?

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How is gaming teaching new audiences about the climate crisis?

GLF Live with Elizabeth Newbury and Alan Gershenfeld

 
A satellite image from the European Space Agency color-codes different vegetative areas, helping inform watering methods to protect agriculture from effects of climate change. European Space Agency, Flickr

Fact-checking Michael Moore, green stimulus and video calls with eels

In this news roundup: Norway divests from oil sands, Michael Moore documentary sparks controversy, and how solar and wind became cheaper than coal and gas.

 
A forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where management plans have grown to now cover 20 million hectares of forests, despite the increasingly rate of forest area loss in Africa. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

4.06 billion remaining hectares, and other new numbers on forests… But what do they mean?

Putting the U.N.'s new Global Forest Resources Asssessment 2020, which breaks down the latest data on forest area, into context.

 
The COVID-19 pandemic. Jernej Furman, Flickr

Negative oil prices, a Korean Green Deal, and face masks from ocean plastic

In this news roundup: Earth Day turns 50 online, nature takes over cities in lockdown, and why clean energy could be worth USD 100 trillion by 2050.

 
An offshore wind farm in North Wales. Doug Scobie, Flickr

Social distancing tips from the platypus, renewable records and enzymatic scissors

In this bi-weekly digest of climate news: long-term costs of climate change revealed, commodity prices wobble, and animals that practice social distancing.

 

How does destruction of the natural world affect public health systems?

In conversation with Dr. Aaron Bernstein of Harvard Medical School about the known and anticipated connections between climate change and COVID-19.

 

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