Videos

Peter Holmgren – Closing Keynote GLF 2016 Marrakesh

17 Nov 2016

CIFOR’s DG Peter Holmgren outlines his vision for the Forum and plans to reach 1 billion people with the positive message of the landscape approach. The closing plenary featured representatives from the Global Landscapes Forum’s founding and coordinating partners to share and discuss their visions and expectations for the future of the Forum over the […]

Natalia Cisneros – Closing Keynote GLF 2016 Marrakesh

17 Nov 2016

Natalia Cisneros represents the Youth in Landscapes Initiative, a movement connecting tens of thousands of students and young professionals passionate about making a difference in agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors. The closing plenary featured representatives from the Global Landscapes Forum’s founding and coordinating partners to share and discuss their visions and expectations for […]

Peter Holmgren – Opening Keynote GLF 2016

16 Nov 2016

The opening plenary of the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh will bring together leaders from policy, research, civil society and grassroots activism to share their visions for realizing climate solutions – utilizing the landscape approach and identifying key next steps to achieving tangible, implementable action. Speakers will share their hopes for the event and […]

COP22’s Ayman Cherkaoui on the road from Paris to Marrakesh

30 Jun 2016

Advisor to the Environment Minister of Morocco, Ayman Cherkaoui, speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case, held on 6 June 2016 in London. A Q&A with Ayman Cherkaoui, Advisor to the Environment Minister of Morocco How can the private sector engage in tackling climate change? I see it engaging more, […]

Q&A with Peter Holmgren: “We need to move towards action on the ground”

17 Jun 2016

A Q&A with Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Why hold a Global Landscapes Forum? We thought that one of the biggest gaps in the whole development discourse is, how do we find the finance that needs to be invested in fair and equitable ways to achieve all the […]

The Investment Case: watch high-level opening plenary from London

16 Jun 2016

Opening high-level plenary at the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case, held on 6 June 2016 in London. The forum brought together experts from the financial services industry with leaders from the corporate sector, government and academia to take investments into sustainable landscapes to the next level. This second edition of the event offered a […]

CIFOR & the SDGs: “An integrated, landscape approach is needed”

1 Mar 2016

CIFOR scientists James Reed and Josh Van Vianen explain why policy makers tackling climate and development goals need to be aware of how all sectors affect each other.

Follow ten young landscape innovators – from challenge to pitch

12 Jan 2016

This film follows a group of ten youth innovators, mentored by Dr Alan Nicol from the International Water Management Institute, as they devise a solution to landscapes challenges in the Nile Basin. The young professionals and researchers pitched their idea to a panel of judges in a Dragon’s Den style event at the Global Landscapes Forum […]

Highlights video from the 2015 GLF: ‘A Collection of Connections’

16 Dec 2015

With more than 3,200 participants from 135 countries making the connections through policy and science discussions, thematic pavilions, knowledge-sharing activities, launches, exhibitions, tech demonstrations, competitions, networking and social media, the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum was the most dynamic yet. Discover or relive the energy of the event with this highlights video, squeezing 1.5 days into 3.5 minutes!  

2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Laurent Fabius – Opening Keynote

11 Dec 2015

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius delivered a video address to the high-level opening plenary session at the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need […]