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Farmers harvesting coffee in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Yusuf Ahmad, World Agroforestry

Building the business case for biodiversity

Learn why the business sector should invest in natural capital and biodiversity for the benefit of people, planet and profit.

 
Native to Central and South Asia, snow leopards are threatened by poaching and the destruction of their habitat for development. Eric Kilby, Wikimedia Commons

The 2020 GLF biodiversity digital conference in numbers

Thousands of viewers. 119 countries. 2 days. 1 planet. Discover other figures from the the GLF's recent digital biodiversity conference.

 
Leafcutter ants climbing over a vine to reach fresh leaves. Jamison Wieser, Flickr

“We are nature and nature is us”

And more quotes from the 2020 Global Landscapes Forum Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World – One Health

 
Benki Piyãko, an Indigenous leader from the Amazon, sang in his native language to close the two-day digital event on biodiversity and planetary health. Pilar Valbuena, GLF

Without realizing the One Health approach, sustainable development cannot be achieved

Experts recognize the links between the landscape approach and the three-pronged approach to holistic health

 
Green bonds are debt mechanisms whose proceeds go to fund projects that further sustainable development and environmental betterment, such as moringa-harvesting cooperatives that improve the lives of rural women in Guinea, seen here. UN Women, Flickr

Green bonds fall short in biodiversity and sustainable land-use finance, says research

Energy projects receive most proceeds from green bonds, says a new paper that discusses finding a balance among green investments

 
The Llandscapes of Mutis-Timau in Timor, Indonesia. Nanang Sujana, CIFOR

Biodiversity’s role in One Health approach has been minimal – until now

GLF digital forum informs global governance on the role of ecosystems in preventing pandemics through the One Health approach.

 
A Kenyan farmer uses a mobile phone in the field. Neil Palmer, CIAT

Feeding the world byte by byte

CGIAR and big data “inspire” digital leadership in agriculture to fill the missing link between smart technology and food production

 
Enfermeras del Servicio Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido en Sierra Leona durante un brote de ébola. Simon Davis, DFID

One Health, one cure

The history of the approach to health that promises to prevent future pandemics

 
Ectomycorrhizal mycelium associated to Picea glauca roots. This fungus helps move nutrients between hosts and is an important food source for invertebrates. André-Ph. D. Picard, Wikimedia Commons

Into the invisible, indispensable world of microbial biodiversity

Zooming in on the microbial biodiversity that populates our internal and external ecosystems, impacting all aspects of our lives

 
Cloud forest containing unique flora in the central highlands of Sri Lanka. Vyacheslav Argenberg, http://www.vascoplanet.com/

Cloud forests: narrow bands of biodiversity filled with mist, fog and mystery

Particular altitudinal conditions of some mountains can result in cloud forests, unique "elvin woodlands" that contain special ecosystems

 
An Indonesian woman holds her harvest of cassava. Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

Why was there no COVID-19 “food system collapse”?

Farmers step up to the challenge of accelerating the digitalization of global food systems amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

 

Inside the mind of Shahid Naeem

Renowned scientist Shahid Naeem on growing up in NYC, the formation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the ‘so what?’ of science.

 
Smoke from the fire on Chehalem Mountain, Oregon clouds the sky. Sheila Sund, Flickr

World on fire 2020: Experts explain the global wildfire crisis

From the Amazon to Siberia, experts discuss the world’s 2020 fires, spanning climate change, deforestation and fire management

 
Planting on a farm in São Paolo, Brazil, where Sakiyama spent her youth. Adriano Gambarini, WWF-US

4 questions with Melina Sakiyama – and 3 pieces of advice for all young conservationists

The Midori Prize winner and Global Youth Biodiversity Network co-founder answers four questions – and gives three essential pieces of advice.

 
A local cocoa producer in Cameroon. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity with nature-based solutions

Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity with nature-based solutions to build resilient landscapes.

 

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