Food

View session details here This presentation by CCAFS, The Forest Dialogue and the International Forestry Resources and Institution talks about the “4Fs Initiative” (Food, Fuel, Fiber, Forests), what the challenges are, what the targets are and shows an example from Brazil on how it’s done.

The landscape approach seeks to resolve the central dilemma confronting humanity today: How do we cope with environmental degradation and climate change, while simultaneously expanding agricultural production to satisfy human needs. The landscapes approach looks beyond agriculture, integrating it with forestry and other land uses to forge a comprehensive agenda for sustainable development to eradicate […]

See more from the session here This presentation by Thomas Hofer focuses on the areas of work with the landscape approach, why mountains play an important role, how watershed management also contributes and how everything is implemented.

See more from the session here This presentation by Gernot Laganda shows the IFAD’s point of view on landscapes: why they’re so concerned with it, how climate change impact on agricultural landscapes and how the IFAD integrates land, food and climate systems.

Live recording of the technical and networking session Managing landscapes for food, fuel, fiber and forests, held during the Global Landscapes Forum in Warsaw, with experts from the private sector, NGOs, government agencies and research institutes. A combination of short presentations, panel discussion, and audience questions were designed to stimulate debate around the key issues […]

“Many consider conservation as a matter of only the biological sciences. I say rubbish – it’s political.” Thus, an hour into the first round of technical sessions, panelist Edmund Barrow of the IUCN framed the entire context surrounding the 2013 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Warsaw, Poland. Also in Warsaw, in a move described as […]