Videos
Translating Global Processes into Action: Leveraging UN Food Systems Summit Solutions in the Restoration Decade
21 Jun 2021
This plenary sets the foundation for aligning the UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration and the UN Food Systems Summit. Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land is one of the focal areas for Action Track 3 “Boosting nature positive production”. Bringing together decision makers from African countries, farmers, scientists, civil society and donors, the plenary explores […]
Pierre Thiam – Fonio, the Miracle Grain [Sous-titres en Francais]
4 Jun 2021
In this bitesize inspirational session, chef and social entrepreneur Pierre Thiam invites you to take a seat at his table, and explore how Yolélé Foods’ innovative fonio products are creating sustainable and climate resilient livelihoods in West Africa. Pierre Thiam – Fonio, le « grain miracle » Au cours de cette petite séance inspirante, […]
Stefan Schmitz – Seeding Resilience in Africa’s Drylands
3 Jun 2021
Crop Trust’s Stefan Schmitz shares his expertise on the rich crop diversity stored in African genebanks, and the great potential it offers for the future of agriculture and food security in Africa. Stefan Schmitz – Semer la résilience dans les terres arides d’Afrique Stefan Schmitz de Crop Trust partage son expertise sur la riche diversité […]
Stefan Schmitz on crop diversity
28 Nov 2020
Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, explains why agrobiodiversity is integral to a food secure future.
Jennifer Morgan on environmental justice
27 Nov 2020
Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, explains why justice must be the guiding principle for planetary recovery.
Transformative change and the age of collective action
16 Nov 2020
Years from now, historians will be discussing the reality that we are living and the tomorrow that we are defining. But what will they call this time? The age of climate denial? The age of extinction? The age of disunity, disharmony and disparity? The story doesn’t have to pan out that way. If we’re smart, […]
Put out the match on monocultures?
14 Nov 2020
Home to 10 percent of the world’s species and 350 ethnic groups, the Amazon rainforest is a cornerstone of biocultural diversity (WWF). But it’s on fire. And that’s no accident. The majority of fires in the Amazon biome stem not from natural climate cycles, but the illegal burning of forest land for cattle-ranching and soybean […]
Promoting Smart Biodiverse Farming for Agricultural Sustainability in Remote Communities
14 Nov 2020
Coffee is a staple of the global economy, accounting for 15 to 20 billion USD worth of exports per year, and providing jobs for tens of millions of hospitality workers around the world. But as climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss compound the existing inequities facing the world’s 25 million smallholder coffee producers – […]
The role of diverse agricultural landscapes in biodiversity conservation and food system resilience
14 Nov 2020
HOST: World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Join World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and GIZ for an insightful discussion on the role that mixed and diverse agricultural landscapes play in bolstering biodiversity and food system resilience. Across a series of case studies, panelists reframe agriculture from ‘biodiversity threat’ to ‘restorative tool’, and provide policy recommendations for how the post-2020 Global […]
The food, climate and biodiversity ‘triple challenge’ and One Health landscapes
14 Nov 2020
HOST: WWF By 2050, the population is set to reach 10 billion. Providing adequate food and nutrition for this number – while delivering on our commitments to biodiversity and climate – will undoubtedly be the defining challenge of our time. Building on the talks that took place at GLF Bonn 2020, this session advances thinking on […]
