Videos

Discussion Forum 11: Don’t ignore drylands: Restoring the forests of Continental Asia

10 Dec 2018

This session will discuss current practices and research results related to forest landscape restoration (FLR) implementation for the diverse environmental and social conditions in the Western, Central, and Northeast Asia, largely (but not limited to) in response to the Astana Resolution and Bonn Challenge. These efforts highlight the need and potential for urgent action in […]

Discussion Forum 7: Spatial planning for landscapes: country experiences and global strategies

10 Dec 2018

Spatial planning frameworks have traditionally focused on developing settlements and related infrastructure. Environmental concerns such as biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation and adaptation generally are not reflected as an integral component in the design and implementation of land-use plans. Even if they are considered, the focus and impact of the planning frameworks is often localized […]

Discussion Forum 13: Securing Land Rights for Sustainable Landscape Management

10 Dec 2018

This discussion forum will be an all-encompassing discussion with indigenous representatives engaged in landscape management across different regions and geographical and political conditions. The session will cover issues such as rights (land rights, water rights, etc.) as well as sustainable landscape management practices in various areas such as forest management, watershed management, agriculture production, desert […]

Discussion Forum 6: Agro-ecological Landscapes for Food Security

10 Dec 2018

This discussion forum offers an opportunity to discuss the transformational changes needed to develop over-arching frameworks such as agro-ecosystems that integrate landscape level approaches for both forest and farm livelihoods and food security. The forum will explore how current landscape management and restoration efforts could be expanded to include opportunities for maintaining, enhancing and restoring […]

Side Event 5: Scaling up SLM in the landscape: a framework for decision support

10 Dec 2018

FAO and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) will present the Decision Support Framework (DSF) developed within the GEF/FAO project ‘decision support for mainstreaming and scaling out Sustainable Land Management (DS-SLM)’ which provides guidance to countries on scaling up SLM. This links Land Degradation (LD) & SLM assessment tools at different levels […]

GLF Bonn 2018: Mobilizing collective action plenary

10 Dec 2018

Bringing together leaders from some of the world’s most impacting environmental institutions, this plenary will show how it is possible to work in tandem with others to change landscapes, challenging the audience to consider how they can leverage their own spheres to do the same. Building on the practical actions of the Voices from the […]