GLF-2015

Title of presentation: Traditional Fire Management: Indigenous People Leading Climate Mitigation About the presentation: Indigenous people in north-western Australia use traditional fire burning practices to mitigate the effects of climate change and create sustainable livelihoods in the country. Nolan Hunter, CEO of the Kimberley Land Council, explains how.

Title of presentation: How to feed a hotter world About the presentation: In December 2015, world leaders meet in Paris with a goal to limit CO2 emissions to keep global temperatures within 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Even if they succeed in this goal, a warming planet will challenge food production at a time when burgeoning […]

Title of presentation: Insetting via Agroforestry at landscape level About the presentation: Offsetting the socio-environmental footprint of an organization via Agroforestry within its own supply chain could benefit 500 million people and generate 5 billion additional Euros yearly by 2025. The question is: how to scale up?

By Susan Onyango, originally published at Agroforestry World Blog True or false?: Extraction of wood energy is a threat to forested landscapes. Extraction of wood energy is an opportunity for forested landscapes.  That was the opening question at a discussion forum on sustainable wood energy at the Global Landscapes Forum held on the sidelines of […]

Imagine a room filled with coffee experts and a heavily caffeinated Social Reporter, dependent on the brew but without much background on how it travels from cherry to cup. That was the setting of the session I attended at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum. To spread the word I’m sharing my main takeaways—the kind that aren’t […]

By Thomas Huber, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Helping smallholder oil palm farmers become more sustainable will be crucial in resolving differences between the Indonesian government and palm oil exporters over zero-deforestation pledges, participants at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris heard on Saturday. A total of 188 companies in Indonesia’s palm oil […]