Videos
Takeshi Shimotsuma – Closing Remarks, GLF at COP24
10 Dec 2018
How can all the issues discussed today bridge the science – calling for urgent action on climate change in the landscapes – with how people live and act on a daily basis? Key speakers will reflect on how we can ensure we meet Paris Agreement targets through the lens of rights, political accountability and collaboration. […]
Koji Hongo – Opening Remarks at GLF Katowice 2018
10 Dec 2018
How can land use and forests help prevent a 1.5 and 2 degree C warmer world, in line with commitments made through the Paris Agreement? The climate-focused GLF event will kick start by reflecting on the findings of the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming, focusing on challenges related to biomass and […]
Jennifer Morris – Opening Remarks at GLF Katowice 2018
10 Dec 2018
How can land use and forests help prevent a 1.5 and 2 degree C warmer world, in line with commitments made through the Paris Agreement? The climate-focused GLF event will kick start by reflecting on the findings of the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming, focusing on challenges related to biomass and […]
Robert Nasi – Opening Remarks at GLF Katowice 2018
10 Dec 2018
How can land use and forests help prevent a 1.5 and 2 degree C warmer world, in line with commitments made through the Paris Agreement? The climate-focused GLF event will kick start by reflecting on the findings of the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming, focusing on challenges related to biomass and […]
Kokota: The Islet of Hope
8 Dec 2018
“Kokota: The Islet of Hope” tells the story of a small islet in the Indian Ocean and the community’s incredible journey adapting to climate change.
Plenary: Finance
7 Dec 2018
It is becoming increasingly clear that innovative financial opportunities and instruments that fund sustainable forest and land management and restoration are a key part of the sustainable landscape recipe, and particularly those that are aimed at smallholders and sustainable value chains. In this Plenary, financial experts will discuss how to shift efforts and focus away […]
Discussion Forum 1: Delivery of quality and diverse planting material
6 Dec 2018
Delivery of quality and diverse planting material is a major constraint for restoration. What solutions, what emerging needs? The Bonn Challenge have now pledged 350 million hectares of degraded land globally for different forms of restoration. It can be an essential contribution to sustainable development, to reduce poverty, food insecurity and enhance biodiversity. However, restoration […]
Side Event 2: The future of AFR100: Restoration opportunities for young people
5 Dec 2018
The AFR100 side-event will discuss youth participation in AFR100 and how to enable young people to benefit from implementing FLR in terms of job opportunities and economic perspectives,giving a voice to young people from Africa and linking them to the global restoration agenda. This session will bring together a variety of stakeholders from different sectors […]
Youth Plenary: Creating our Shared Future
5 Dec 2018
Although young people represent diverse stakeholder groups – rural and urban, formally educated and not, privileged and underprivileged, researchers and young professionals, foresters and farmers– youth share a vested interest in addressing complex intergenerational issues and ensuring the sustainable use of global landscapes, both in the future and right now. Young people today are harnessing […]
Plenary: Collaborative Leadership
5 Dec 2018
The increasing complexity of landscapes requires novel forms of leadership – leadership that crosses sectors and traditional hierarchies, bringing together different landscape actors in a way that prizes their diversity and is attentive to all needs. Landscapes know no boundaries; the leadership that governs them should be similarly holistic. The Collaborative Leadership Plenary will bring […]
