GLF 2015 Paris – Themes

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. […]

To counter the threats we face, we must offer real opportunities and hope. That’s why we must invest substantially in the land. The idea of creating a Land Degradation Neutrality Fund that, simultaneously, drives private sector investment, revitalizes degraded areas and scales up sustainable land use practices is truly innovative, and deserves the support of […]

Originally published at CIFOR’s Forests News Developing countries are already financing the bulk of domestic land restoration efforts and cannot rely on international donors to fill the finance gaps, according to Nigerian economist and former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “If we look at where the money for landscape restoration comes from now, according to a […]

The launch of the African land restoration initiative AFR100 during the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum has been covered by international media such as the New York Times and The Guardian. Under the headline At Climate Talks, African Nations Pledge to Restore Forests the New York Times (Associated Press) takes a look at the launch of an African […]

Originally published at World Resources Institute At the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, countries, states, and financial and civil society institutions have announced new restoration pledges for Latin American and Caribbean through Initiative 20×20, a country-led effort to bring degraded and deforested land into restoration by 2020. The new commitments bring the total area to be restored […]

The newspaper The Australian has acknowledged the importance of landscapes for the mitigation of climate change and the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum: The major event this weekend will be the third Global Landscapes Forum being held at the Palais des Congres in Paris. Journalist  Graham Lloyd follows Australia’s Environment Minister Greg Hunt, a speaker at GLF, who is […]