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This presentation was given at a session of the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, alongside the UNFCCC COP20. The session, titled “Assessment of options for land use in a post-2020 world“, took stock of recent publications on the subject and the current status of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), REDD+ and land-related CDM […]

Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Landscapes across many developing countries are experiencing rapid changes mostly due to increasing demand for food and other natural resources, exacerbated by drivers such as climate change. Over time, these frontier landscapes often give rise to […]

Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. The conservation, appropriation and equitable use of ecosystem goods and services – hydrologic and carbon resources in particular – are moving up higher on international and national agendas. Nevertheless, the supply of these goods and services […]

Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. It is widely accepted that climate-smart agriculture is an important new approach to addressing food and nutritional security on one hand, and adaptation and mitigation on the other hand within one framework. This discussion focuses on […]

Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Climate-Smart Territories (CST) means socio-geographical spaces where actors collaborate to optimize ecosystem services and agricultural production for the improvement of human well-being in the face of climate change. This session discusses a strategy for the implementation […]

This presentation by Valerie Kapos was given at the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in a discussion session titled “Using spatial information to support decision making in national REDD+ strategies“. The discussion forum explored the role of spatial information in planning for REDD+ and wider landscape management, drawing on national experiences associated with the UN-REDD Programme […]