Videos
Landscape Restoration Snapshot GLF 2015
11 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Climate negotiators and environmentalists are increasingly recognizing the significant contribution of forest landscape restoration as the other half of the land-use toolbox in addressing global challenges under the UNFCCC. The session includes experiences with and lessons […]
Launch of two major African landscape initiatives GLF 2015
10 Dec 2015
Launch of two major African landscape initiatives: AFR100: Restoring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes in Africa by 2030 and Africa Resilient Landscape Initiative African ministers will share their experiences and results from implementing landscape-level initiatives in their countries. An international perspective on resilient landscapes will be given by WRI and the World […]
Large scale soil restoration for climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. In recent years, land restoration has gained increased attention in the international climate regime because of its potential role in mitigating climate change. Moreover, there is increasing recognition of the adaptation needs in global agriculture. Many […]
Scaling up restoration, bringing down poverty
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Increasing food production while safeguarding natural ecosystems, climate and the provision of ecosystem services is now one of the biggest scientific, social and political challenges of our time. Forest restoration is a strategy to mitigate climate […]
Sustainable wood energy as restoration option? GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Discussion Forum at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Fuel wood is and will remain an important pillar within the energy mix in Sub-Sahara Africa and constitutes a huge potential for the economy at all scales. Its link to food and nutrition security is critical: 50% of forest degradation and 10–20% […]
Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
Australia’s Minister for the Environment will launch a Private Sector Roundtable to facilitate ongoing private sector involvement in the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan, a forest protection effort in the Asia-Pacific region. The launch will also include details of the second Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, to be held in 2016.
You are the Restoration Leaders GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
National and subnational ministers, corporate leaders and officials will announce commitments to the Bonn Challenge, representing a major leap towards achieving the goal of having 150 million hectares under restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. These officials will also highlight the progress already being made and tools that have been developed to […]
New restoration commitments under Initiative 20×20, GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
At last year’s Global Landscapes Forum, ministers from across Latin America launched Initiative 20×20, a historic commitment to initiate the restoration of 20 million hectares of degraded land by 2020. This year, ministers from four countries will make new commitments and an announcement of a new private-sector financing mechanism managed by the Inter-American Development Bank […]
The South Sumatra Eco-Region Alliance: A partnership for change
8 Dec 2015
A public–private partnership in Indonesia will announce a major effort to protect the country’s peatlands—under threat from commercial agriculture, including activities behind this year’s forest fires—from destruction. Participants include climate officials from Indonesia’s national government, the Governor of South Sumatra, and the representative of a paper company operating in Indonesia.
