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Matt Hansen, a Professor in the Geographical Sciences Department at the University of Maryland, speaks on the sidelines of the most recent GLF on remote sensing technologies and the role they can play in realizing climate and development goals.

Presentation given by the Belantara Foundation at the Global Landscapes Forum

The sixth Global Landscapes Forum was held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. At the closing plenary, on behalf of the German Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economic Cooperation, State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth pledged support for the long-term future of GLF – and explained why he sees the Forum at the center […]

Governments, the private sector and farmer organizations increasingly have at their disposal tools to look across the range of challenges facing a country, and work together to identify solutions. Recent research has developed tools to implement global-to-local analyses. The session explores how this research can reach the right people: What is the information needed by […]

SDG 5 ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’, together with a number of gender-related decisions made by the COP to the UNFCCC in the recent past, serve as a clear global mandate for addressing gender equality in climate policy at all levels. However, reports from a wide range of organizations such as […]

New science is shining a spotlight on emerging and untapped landscapes that hold potential to be a triple win for restoration, climate change and sustainable development. These opportunities have thus far been underappreciated in policy debates around climate. Now with INDC’s, awareness of sectors beyond forestry are rapidly emerging. In addition, they often face a […]