Videos
Lessons Learned for Sustainable Development in the MAP Region, Amazonia
11 Nov 2021
Since its inception in the late 1990s, the MAP initiative – a trinational effort to accelerate sustainable forest and land use in the Peruvian, Brazilian and Bolivian Amazon – has been building an evidence base for the effectiveness of transboundary cooperation in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a special focus on SDGs 13 […]
Building a Forest-Based Economy in the Amazon
11 Nov 2021
About Amazon Conservation Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) works to conserve the biodiversity of the Amazon basin through the development of new scientific understanding, sustainable resource management, and rational land-use policy. The principal objective of the organization is to develop field research sites ranging from high elevation cloud forests to the lowland of Amazonian forest. It is this altitudinal gradient […]
Facilitating Spaces for Gender Responsive Conservation: Women’s Solutions from the Amazon
11 Nov 2021
This session reports preliminary lessons learned from gender inclusive initiatives that have increased women’s participation in conservation and development in the Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. These cases cover a diverse collection of Indigenous, Afro-descendant and peasant women from across the region. The session will facilitate a discussion of findings from multiple grassroots efforts where […]
Positive Tipping Points for Transformative Change
8 Nov 2021
Leaders across the globe are facing up to humanity’s biggest challenge yet – transforming societies towards carbon neutrality and harmony with nature. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is clear: our prevailing economic model and consumption patterns have placed the planet on a trajectory towards uninhabitability. Every new strategy and policy from now on will be judged and measured by its ability to draw down carbon emissions. Though the challenge is great, we have the ability, knowledge and will to adapt. And there are positive signs.
Coffee with Sineia Wapichana
7 Nov 2021
Join us for a coffee with a defender of the biocultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest. During this brief discussion, we explore how grassroots action and international advocacy are coming together to address both human and nature rights that are threatened by forest fires.
Project to Process: Pitfalls and Potential of Implementing Long-term Integrated Landscape Approaches
7 Nov 2021
This session will highlight experiences in Integrated Landscapes Approaches (ILA) implementation and reflect on the challenges related to facilitating long-term and more meaningful landscape-scale initiatives that are adaptable, flexible and ultimately more effective. Moving from “project” to “process” has been mooted as the means of ensuring more effective and more equitable means of engagement at […]
FOLUR on how to grow greener food
7 Nov 2021
#GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers Launch of FOLUR Impact Program The Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program is an integrated platform designed to transform food systems by mobilizing sustainable production landscapes in 27 country projects for eight major commodities, including livestock, cocoa, coffee, maize, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat. FOLUR improves […]
What is the future of food?
7 Nov 2021
The power of food systems In September 2021, global representatives gathered for the Food Systems Summit, in the hopes of figuring out the future of food. Five major Action Areas were formulated, each supported by multi-stakeholder commitments around food consumption and food production, including the Food is Never Waste initiative, the Healthy Diets Initiative, […]
Landscapes for Forests and Food
7 Nov 2021
The ways we use our land to produce food and other goods and services are responsible for just under a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within this segment, the most significant contributors are deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management. It’s also on the land where climate change has its […]
Climate Action in the Restoration Decade
7 Nov 2021
Positive tipping points can transform our future. One promising entry point for triggering them is ecosystem restoration, which combines restoring ecosystem functioning and development with climate mitigation and adaptation. Experience shows that landscape approaches are key to restoration, as it is in landscapes where stakeholders meet, conflicting interests are negotiated, and synergies are achieved. However, […]
