Videos
Coffee with Iliana Monterosso
24 Sep 2021
If you were having a coffee with an expert on gender and environmental governance, what would you ask them? During this session, we speak with Dr. Iliana Monterroso, and explore the need for mainstreaming policies and actions reflecting gender equality and environmental protection in the Amazon rainforest.
The Amazon Forest Dieback: The Science, Impacts and Solutions
24 Sep 2021
The Amazon rainforest creates and relies on its own rainfall for survival. Deforestation, increased drought, and wildfire is threatening this process, resulting in an Amazon “dieback” that would transform the world’s largest rainforest into dry savannah. Preventing this outcome is not only possible; it may well be the cheapest means of keeping carbon in the […]
Voices of the Landscapes: New paradigms for Human-Nature Relations
24 Sep 2021
The Amazon is one of the most bioculturally-rich regions on the planet, housing a diverse plethora of species, communities, cultures, traditions, languages and ways of life. Over centuries, the region’s many Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) have developed a unique relationship with the forest, making them vital partners in the global fight to conserve […]
The Tipping Point – What Does This Mean for Life on the Planet?
24 Sep 2021
With forest conversion fast approaching the 20-25% threshold, the Amazon basin is nearing a catastrophic tipping point. Accelerated by climate change, the biome’s capacity to store carbon is rapidly diminishing; its ecosystems – currently home to 10% of the Earth’s known species and 410 ethnic groups – are firing on all cylinders to regenerate in […]
Agroecology, Archeology and Anthropology: Integrating Past and Present to Enable Sustainable Land Uses in the Amazon of the Future
24 Sep 2021
Reconciling agricultural land use for food and income with conservation needs remains one of the greatest development challenges of our time. Indigenous, traditional and peasant communities of the Amazon have practiced a balanced model of nature use and conservation for centuries, shaping and maintaining the ecological functions on which their livelihoods depend. This session presents […]
Young Women in Action: Protecting the Rights of People and Nature
15 Sep 2021
Increasingly, young women across the Amazon and LAC countries are mobilizing to protect their home, their rights, their lives. Whether they are documenting the impacts of the global pandemic, leading protests and legal battles against the overexploitation of their lands, or rallying for climate justice, they are challenging the system for radical change. Tune in […]
Virtual Tour: Journey to the Drylands of East Africa, the Last Lands of Eden
25 Jun 2021
Take a virtual trip to the great savanna lands of East Africa—cradle of humankind, home to traditional nomadic pastoralists, and last refuge of some of the most spectacular wildlife populations on earth. Join experts from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), including rangelands specialist Fiona Flintan, ecosystem ecologist Jason Sircely and gender scientist Renee Bullock, […]
Enhancing Restoration Capacities in African Drylands: A Decade for Action
24 Jun 2021
Get an inside look at the results of the African capacity needs assessment undertaken by the UN FAO-led task force on best practices. Discussions in this session raise awareness of the existing systemic capacities for restoration as well as the current gaps and barriers and of the opportunities to meet these needs in the context […]
From Community-Led Restoration to Carbon-Enhancing Landscapes
24 Jun 2021
Building on practical cases from West, East, and Southern Africa, this session explores community-led soil and land restoration that creates tangible benefits for communities and ecosystems by: providing insights on inclusive knowledge-sharing models that enhance access to context-specific data and practical toolkits on soil and land restoration; highlighting community-led “social innovations” that help tackle structural […]
Women of the Drylands: An Intergenerational Conversation
24 Jun 2021
Women in Africa’s drylands could be likened to superheroes: they take care of the kids and the land, and ensure income for their families. And, as if this was not enough, they are an incredible source of knowledge on traditional practices, sustainable land management and innovations for resilience and survival during periods of drought. This […]
