Videos
The Hindu Kush Himalayan Call for Action: Maintaining the ‘Pulse of the Planet’
14 Nov 2020
Home to four biodiversity hotspots, six UNESCO natural World Heritage Sites, 30 Ramsar sites, 330 IBAs and a diverse array of cultures hosting more than 1000 languages, the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region is truly a global asset in the fight against biocultural loss. But its future is at stake. Rifts and inequities between the 1.9 […]
A One Health approach for environmental, animal and human health
14 Nov 2020
HOST: The International Livestock Research Institute COVID-19 forcefully illustrates the power zoonoses that have to disrupt our economies and public health systems. In recent years, One Health has emerged as a strong approach for preventing and addressing such global health crises, as well as playing an important role in mitigating climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem […]
The food, climate and biodiversity ‘triple challenge’ and One Health landscapes
14 Nov 2020
HOST: WWF By 2050, the population is set to reach 10 billion. Providing adequate food and nutrition for this number – while delivering on our commitments to biodiversity and climate – will undoubtedly be the defining challenge of our time. Building on the talks that took place at GLF Bonn 2020, this session advances thinking on […]
Tackling the risks of wildlife-borne disease pandemics – policy and investment priorities
14 Nov 2020
HOSTS: Sustainable Wildlife Management with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD) This session centres on the white paper and policy brief “Build Back Better in a Post-COVID World – Reducing Future Wildlife-Borne Spillover of Disease to Humans” […]
Rights-Based Ecosystem Approaches for a Green, Just Recovery
14 Nov 2020
The environment, climate change, biodiversity, health, inequality, food security – we face multiple crises. Despite increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of human and planetary well-being, deforestation and ecosystem degradation have not lost their momentum; we are losing biodiversity fast, and, with it, our ability to harness landscape solutions is rapidly diminishing. This interactive and […]
Peatlands, a super Nature Based Solution – home and refuge for unique and threatened biodiversity
13 Nov 2020
HOSTS: Global Peatlands Initiative with UN Environment Programme (UNEP) From controlling water quality and mitigating floods to providing livelihoods and protecting rare and endemic biodiversity, the role that peatlands play in maintaining the planet’s health is immense. Yet, despite storing close to 30 percent of the world’s soil carbon and providing a multitude of services […]
Healing rangelands using “One World – One Health” approach
13 Nov 2020
HOST: World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) Rangelands are staples of human and planetary health, sustaining 20 percent of global livelihoods and providing a wealth of ecosystem services spanning from carbon sequestration and water filtration to habitat provision and biogeochemical recycling. Yet, despite occupying half of the world’s land surface and harbouring much […]
One World One Health: setting the scene and the mood – GLF Biodiversity Plenary
6 Nov 2020
Around the world, ecosystems and biodiversity are in freefall. Never before has there been greater need for a global paradigm shift in the way we manage and consume the Earth’s resources. In this opening plenary, keynote speakers kick off the GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference with a call for the One Health approach, spotlighting the pivotal […]
Transformative change – A collective call for global action
6 Nov 2020
After two days of dialogue and debate, keynote speakers closed the GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference with a discussion on the tools and transitions needed to spark transformative change. What actions are most urgently needed? How can societies make the shift from exploiting to restoring biodiversity? How can linkages between sectors promote better personal, public and […]
Thought leaders in biodiversity: Building hope for the future
6 Nov 2020
As the world gets further entangled in a web of concurrent and interrelated crises (biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity, global inequality and COVID-19, to name a few), it can be difficult to step back, think holistically and prioritise what’s needed most. In the lead-up to the 2020 Biodiversity Digital Conference, GLF scouted out the […]
