Videos

High-level Opening Plenary – Full version GLF 2015

5 Dec 2015

Watch 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 the areas in which we need to scale up efforts. Panelists discuss the […]

Ahead of Global Landscapes Forum: Experts discuss community rights to resources in Indonesia

1 Dec 2015

Originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News When Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office in 2014, he made a commitment to strengthen the rights of local communities over land and forest resources. Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry has since announced that 12.7 million hectares of forestland will be transferred to local communities by 2019. This […]

WATCH: Global Landscapes Forum video invite

18 Nov 2015

The coordinating partners of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015 invite you to join them and find out why it’s all connected. Watch Watch Achim Steiner, Helen Clark, Mark Burrows, Paula Caballero, Andrew Steer, Jeremy Bird, Peter Holmgren and Debora Bossio.   Video invites from implementing partners: the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., World Agroforestry […]

Beyond the blaze: What next for Indonesia’s forests?

16 Nov 2015

More than 100,000 fires ravaged the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan throughout September and October 2015, producing a noxious haze that affected tens of thousands of people. Seasonal rains began in November, but 2015/16 are El Nino years, so the threat of new fires is far from over. The problem is complex but it can […]

CIFOR scientists on the fire and haze crisis in Indonesia

30 Oct 2015

In Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, the peat areas are burning and emitting a toxic smoke causing untold damage to the environment, wildlife and human health. Most of the fires in Central Kalimantan are blazing in former peatland forests, which have been drained, cleared and burned for oil palm and agriculture, large and small. The dried-out […]

‘Our land’ – 1st prize competition winner show how forests secure our lives

20 Oct 2015

The Think Forests video competition organized by CIFOR has announced its winners: 1st Prize: In ‘Our Land’, Amin Panji Wijaya and team show us how forests secure our lives and that it’s not too late to repay them. Our land ‘Farming is our way to interact with God, people and nature’ By: Amin Panji Wijaya, […]

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CIFOR’s DG Peter Holmgren on: A Sustainable Development Goal on Landscapes – Setting the agenda at COP19 in Warsaw

11 Oct 2015

Original post by Peter Holmgren. The year 2015 is key for the future of our growing population on this planet. With the Kyoto-protocol coming to an end by 2020, world leaders will be meeting next month in Warsaw to continue work on a new climate change agreement that applies to both developed and developing countries. […]

GLF speaker and French Minister Ségolène Royal introduces COP21

29 Sep 2015

Ségolène Royal is Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France and is confirmed as high-level speaker at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum.

Awarded success: In Mexico, 1500 smallholders build their sustainable landscape

12 Aug 2015

The Amanalco Valle Bravo Basin in central Mexico provides vital water and forest resources to millions of people. But recently the land has suffered due to population pressures and unplanned development. CCMSS has built the capacity of 1,500 families of smallholder farmers for sustainable agriculture and forestry management over 15,200 hectares. They also are piloting […]

WATCH NOW: Introducing the Nourishing Millions project

17 Jul 2015

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, Stuart Gillespie discusses the Nourishing Millions project. Call for nominations IFPRI is pleased to invite you to nominate nutrition success stories for a new initiative on “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition. This video was originally posted by IFPRI, as part of the “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition“ […]