Landscape restoration Archives

CIFOR and UNEP team up to work on sustainable landscapes

12 Jan 2017

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by CIFOR and UNEP to foster joint action on promoting integrated landscape management and restoration.

To find real solutions, focus beyond climate emissions

16 Nov 2016

Peter Holmgren of CIFOR says: if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and meet our climate targets, we have to find a new way of doing things

Can we halt planetary degradation before the tipping point?

07 Nov 2016

Greenland acted as one of Earth’s biggest air conditioners. Since rising temperatures turned Greenland grey, dark snow attracts heat rather than repels it.

Call for Proposals – 7th World Conference on Ecological Restoration

04 Nov 2016

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) will hold its 7th World Conference in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil from August 27 to September 1, 2017.

Ratifying the Paris Agreement: Why a push for climate is a push for landscapes, too

23 Sep 2016

The Paris Agreement has now been ratified by the largest emitters, China and the United States, as well as one of the largest forest emitters, Brazil.

Leaders look to the future of restoration and the Bonn Challenge at IUCN World Conservation Congress

22 Sep 2016

Forest landscape restoration took the spotlight at a high-level workshop at IUCN Congress in Hawai‘i, relating to Bonn Challenge pledgers and partners.

Ideas wanted for innovative partnerships to catalyze investment in forests and sustainable land use

13 Sep 2016

Partnerships for Forests, a technical assistance and grant-making program funded by the UK government, has opened its first call for concepts.

Mapping Ghana’s potential for forest restoration

08 Sep 2016

Little was known about the state of Ghana’s forest reserves. New maps are helping to fill these gaps and open up new opportunities for restoration.

Turning restoration into good business for farmers in Guatemala

24 Aug 2016

Over the past 20 years the Guatemalan government has delivered about US$ 173 million in incentives for reforestation and restoration.

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