GLF-2015

By Thomas Hubert, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Local practices with the commons offer lessons for collectively managing “global commons” such as oceans and the sky. If neighboring villages can share pastures for the common good, why could the world’s nations not do the same with the atmosphere? With global challenges on climate and […]

Presentation by Mary Njenga, ICRAF, at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, Paris, December 2015.

Over 100 organizations contributed to the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, hosting discussions and press launches, presenting their work in pavilions and at side events. Also, environmental online platforms and specialised media outlets featured the Forum or certain aspects of it. The below gives an overview of how they reflected on the event on their website, […]

Originally posted at CIFOR The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is pleased to be a founding partner of theInternational Partnership for Blue Carbon, announced by the Australian Minister for the Environment,Greg Hunt, at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on 6 December. “It is an enormous opportunity, as has been recognized here, for […]

One of the 50 Young Innovators of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum had the opportunity to share his experience of the GLF in The Huffington Post. Pieter Van de Sype, a young landscape professional, described the Youth in Landscapes Initiative as essential part of the Forum. It becomes pretty clear that he enjoyed himself and got valuable insights for his future […]

The full blog can be found at The Nature Conservancy Mark Tercek and Greg Fishbein from The Nature Conservancy shared their thoughts on the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in The Huffington Post. They remind world politicians and other decision-makers of the benefits of natural systems for solving many of the problems of climate change these days. […]