Videos

Traditional knowledge with science must remain at the core of everything that we do

5 Mar 2018

Planet for sale – Dr. Tony Simons

10 Jan 2018

Tony Simons, Director General World Agroforestry Centre, give a talk at Landscape Talks, Global Landscapes Forum, Bonn, 20 December 2017.

Adopting a new perspective on landscapes and water – Bruno Locatelli

21 Dec 2017

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into local, national, and international decision-making on climate change, land use and water management. This Talk will present new research results on forest, water, and energy interactions that provide the foundations for cooling terrestrial surfaces and for distributing water resources. Our call to action targets a reversal […]

Tracing the life of an avocado from Amsterdam to Mexico – John Colmey

21 Dec 2017

Emmanuela Shinta – GLF: Peatlands Matter

7 Jun 2017

The video is temporarily unavailable. A conversation with Emmanuela Shinta, Dayak Leader, Filmmaker and Activist at the Ranu Welum Foundation during the Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter thematic event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.

Community perspectives and priorities in peatlands

3 Jun 2017

The video is temporarily unavailable. Stark and competing demands characterize peatlands use management. While peatlands are important carbon sinks and stocks, estimated to hold more than 600 Gt of carbon, millions of farmers also derive their livelihoods from unsustainable agricultural practices on these lands. The opening plenary of the Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter event […]

People and peat: Livelihoods in context

1 Jun 2017

Edges of peatlands, usually along rivers, have a long history of human settlement. Peatlands are a challenging place to live, but provide a range of products and income sources, including agroforestry, tree and forest domestication (paludiculture). With the current focus on rewetting, revegetation and revitalization, options for local livelihoods still appear to be an afterthought […]

Peatland fires, haze and health

1 Jun 2017

Forest and peatland fires, which occur on an annual basis in Indonesia, affect the entire Southeast Asian region and result in extensive environmental destruction as well as threats to livelihoods. In particular, the displacement of massive pollution – a brown cloud consisting of fire-born particles mixed with industrial pollution – over Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia […]

Atiek Widayati – GLF: Peatlands Matter

24 May 2017

A conversation with Atiek Widayati, Geospatial Analyst at ICRAF, during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.