Climate change

The year 2015 is key for the future of our growing population on this planet. With the Kyoto-protocol coming to an end by 2020, world leaders will be meeting next month in Warsaw to continue work on a new climate change agreement that applies to both developed and developing countries. In parallel, there is another […]

  The Global Landscapes Forum is less than a month away, and it is time to prepare for lively debates on the what, why and how of landscapes. The landscape concept has stirred up lots of interest over the past year, but there have also been questions about what is meant by a landscape and […]

BOGOR, Indonesia (25 October 2013) — A dedicated Global Landscapes Forum to coincide with upcoming international climate change talks in Warsaw will highlight the benefits of taking a holistic approach to land-use management and could give the strategy a key role in efforts to curb global warming, an international climate negotiator has said. Negotiators are […]

Afforestation, in addition to providing wood, makes important contributions to climate change mitigation, to the protection of the environment, crops and animals, and to the provision of food for people. Thus, there was wide agreement among participants of the IUFRO co-sponsored 1st International Symposium on Afforestation of Pastures in Subtropical Regions in Curitiba, Brazil on […]

Tropical peat swamps are key carbon storing landscapes, but the conversions of peat swamps into plantations of palm oil and Acacia are creating an ever-growing release of greenhouse gases. Peat swamps will continue to play an important part in the discussion about reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Read the full post here. Original […]

Las turberas tropicales son paisajes secuestradores de carbono muy importantes, pero la conversión estos en plantaciones de aceite de palma y Acacia están facilitando la liberación creciente de gases de efecto invernadero. Los pantanos de turba seguirán desempeñando un papel importante en la discusión sobre la reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los […]