Development

We think we know three truths about gender in development, says Dr. Seema Aror Jonsson, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Scientists: women are the poorest of the poor; women are more prone to die in natural disasters; women are more environmentally conscious.  But have we been deceived? People love to include statistics on the […]

WARSAW, Poland — Deliberations at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are expected to get hot this weekend as more than 1,200 forestry and agriculture experts meet in Warsaw chasing answers for climate negotiations. REDD+: Untangling the trees to find the forests, farms and fauna – and still cut emissions REDD+ targets global deforestation, which accounts […]

Dr. Prasit Wangpakattanawong, Thailand Representative from the World Agroforestry Centre, discusses the concept of Landscapes.

Dr. Peter Akong Minang – Science Domain Co-Leader of Environmental Services for the World Agroforestry Centre and Global Coordinator of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest margins – discusses reversing deforestation and land degradation trends in Africa.

MEDIA ADVISORY World leaders, experts to deliberate: Can we grow enough food for 9 billion people without destroying Earth’s forests and accelerating climate change? Journalists welcome to attend the Global Landscapes Forum at the University of Warsaw, Saturday and Sunday, 16-17 November. Go to archive.globallandscapesforum.org/media-contact Download PDF version One of the most vital events of its […]

Artisanal mining causes serious environmental damage through water contamination with heavy metals like mercury and cyanide, deforestation, soil erosion and siltation. Because of this, artisanal mining has been criminalized in Zimbabwe. However, the criminalization of artisanal mining has failed to stop the activity of an estimated 500,000 artisanal miners extracting gold, diamonds, tantalite and chrome […]