Author: GLF Committee

Solution Search, a global contest designed to identify, reward and spotlight innovative approaches to conservation, has released the list of its 10 finalists for the 2017 “Farming for Biodiversity” contest. This year’s theme showcases innovative ideas that make farming more sustainable and promote behaviors that increase biodiversity across the agricultural sector. A panel of experts […]

March 22 is the United Nations’ (UN) World Water Day. Anyone who has walked outside on a sunny day knows that forests and trees matter for temperature, humidity and wind speed. Planting trees speaks to concerns about climate change, but the directly important aspects of the tree-climate relationships have so far been overlooked in climate […]

In recognition of the growing importance of studies regarding Cultural Landscapes, the University of Architecture (Lisbon-Portugal) along with IGI Global Publications (Pennsylvania – USA) invites researchers and practitioners worldwide to submit a chapter for the book “Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation”. This book aims to reflect on the different […]

Join the 2nd Marketplace E-Pitch Event – February 7th 2017 The WaterInnEU Marketplace was launched at the end of October and since then it has been providing information, access and training for innovative products and services of specific relevance to River Basin Management. It facilitates the market translation of innovations coming from previously EU funded […]

The 2016 Global Landscapes Forum has just closed with an announcement that Germany will host the Forum in Bonn as of next year. Here is what our co-coordinator, Natalia Cisneros had to say in her closing plenary address (video will be available soon).   “Dinesh is a young Nepali agriculturalist. He’s developed an online mentoring program […]

In a time of economic, social and political changes in the EU-Mediterranean landscape, can the forestry and environmental sector be an opportunity and a tool of employment, knowledge, social inclusion and dialogue between peoples? If yes, how? Next 16th November 2016, at the European Parliament in Brussels, the conference “Jobs, Development, Social Inclusion and Climate […]