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Day 4 of the Youth in Landscapes initiative’s workshop, Global Landscapes Forum, Paris The youth innovators dedicated most of the workshop’s final day to fine-tuning their pitch and identifying the pitcher(s) for Sunday’s dragons den. It was also the last chance to get ready for the Global Landscapes Forum beyond the youth session, with the […]

By Steven Lawry, originally published at CIFOR’s Forests News Nearly 20 years ago, in 1996, the Namibian government granted rights to wildlife—elephants, black rhino, lion and many species of antelope—to newly formed community conservancies. Now, Namibia has 82 of these community conservancies, covering 20 percent of its territory. These community conservancies have generated work for […]

Originally published at IUCN Getting answers to the right questions before any restoration intervention helps ensure effective and healthy ecosystem regeneration, especially in savannas and grassy biomes  Many of the earth’s ecosystems are in need of restoration. Restoration can be used to regain the functionality of ecosystems, help protect areas from disaster (such as coastal […]

Day 3 of the Youth in Landscapes initiative’s workshop, Global Landscapes Forum, Paris On Day 3 of the youth workshop, it was high time for participants to get their hands dirty in the task of developing solutions to their specific landscapes challenges. The teams brainstormed a range of solutions and then assessed them against a […]

William Laurance, Director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, spoke to Voice of America about potential damage from big development projects across the African Continent. In his study, published in the journal Current Biology, Laurance and his team assessed 33 major projects, all either proposed or in […]

Day 2 of the Youth in Landscapes initiative’s workshop, Global Landscapes Forum, Paris After bonding as a team during day 1 of the workshop, on day 2 the 50 youth innovators were ready to embark on a learning and practising process to prepare themselves for meaningful participation at Global Landscapes Forum. Building skills for youth leadership […]