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Speakers prepared more than 80 presentations for the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum. Here are the top 5, based on online views and downloads. 5. CIFOR’s REDD+ research   4. Climate change and land rights of indigenous peoples   3. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity for agriculture and food   2. Governance, rights and the […]

By Mia Signs. Originally published at WLE’S Thrive. Most people working in sustainable development are familiar with the ‘tragedy of the commons’ referring to when a group of individuals, all acting independently and in their own self-interest, deplete common resources to the detriment of a larger group. In the case of land, this means more […]

By Mark Tercek & Erin Myers Madeira. Originally published on blog.nature.org. When it comes to development and indigenous peoples, the story we so often hear is one of exploitation and conflict. At the Global Landscapes Forum – which ran in parallel with the climate summit in Paris in December – there were glimmers of a very […]

By Fred Pearce. Originally published at WLE’S Thrive as “Land injustice at the heart of Indonesia’s deforestation dilemma: Discussions at GLF”.  What is the future for Indonesia and its landscapes?  The country is at an extraordinary moment.  Under the new populist government of Joko Widodo, huge areas of the country’s state lands, including some of the […]

During the Global Landscapes Forum’s first Pecha Kucha Style Night, seven presenters took the stage to share their stories in a new format. Each presenter could use 20 slides, for 20 seconds each – no breaks, no opportunity to switch between slides. Slides were restricted to images and graphs only, avoiding long texts and endless […]

More than 150 organizations joined forces for the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum – not only for the days of the event, but all year round through partners’ blogs and opinion pieces on landscapes.org See some of the most popular ones below: 5. Frank Hajek, Nature Services Peru – The Missing Middle: why market-based-efforts to sustain […]