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2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Governor Jerry Brown – Keynote

11 Dec 2015

US Governor of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr. “Jerry”, speaks at the high-level plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session builds a bridge between the research and policy communities, focusing on the role landscapes play in achieving SDGs and new climate goals. The […]

2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Salina Abraham – Closing Keynote

11 Dec 2015

Head of International Processes at IFSA, Salina Abraham, speaks on behalf of the Forum organizers at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers […]

Global Landscapes Forum 2015: Achim Steiner – Closing Keynote

11 Dec 2015

Executive Director of UNEP and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Achim Steiner, speaks at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers a […]

Companies and government need each other on zero deforestation

11 Dec 2015

Originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Government and business in Indonesia share the goal of curbing deforestation, despite the tension between how they go about this, a sustainability expert says. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, Tiur Rumondang, Executive Director of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development, […]

2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Greg Hunt – Closing Keynote

11 Dec 2015

Australian Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, speaks at the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers a space for tracking progress as well […]

2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Peter Holmgren – Opening Keynote

11 Dec 2015

Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), speaks at the high-level opening plenary session from 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 […]

Commons tenure for a common future GLF 2015

11 Dec 2015

Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The role of tenure security in providing incentives for sustainable resource management and restoration is well established. However, much of the policy attention has been on securing individual lands, which make up only part of the […]

Shaping sustainable supply chains of the future GLF 2015

11 Dec 2015

Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. This session examines sustainable-sourcing solutions – mobilizing large companies purchasing power and using real-world case studies. What are the trends regarding strategic resource cycles? What are the conditions required? The obstacles? How to encourage private investment […]

The role of agro-ecology in exploring innovative and viable adaptation measures GLF 2015

11 Dec 2015

Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Coffee is being produced in some of the world’s important biodiversity hotspots, occupying large areas at mid elevations in the tropics. Building up resilience to increasing climate variability is a challenge faced not only by coffee […]

REDD+ Forest Reference Emission Levels GLF 2015

11 Dec 2015

Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The session provides an opportunity for the Republic of Congo, Zambia, Cambodia and DR Congo to present the status of their Forest Reference Emission Levels (FREL)/Forest Reference Levels (FRL) submissions to the UNFCCC and discuss lessons […]