Landscapes

By Kate Evans, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel at the Global Landscapes Forum on the sidelines of the UN climate conference (COP20) said progress on safeguards on the ground in some countries offers hope. “It is an exciting time for REDD+ […]

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 […]

This collaborative presentation was given at a session of the same name at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014. In the Discussion Forum panelists addressed questions including how context dependent success stories are, how they can help promote learning and positive outcomes in landscapes elsewhere, and what mechanisms are most effective […]

Por IPS La gran frecuencia y magnitud de la variabilidad climática con el aumento de la temperatura global y la consecuente alteración del régimen de lluvias están modificando la geografía de los cultivos y producción de alimentos en los trópicos. Expertos en seguridad alimentaria presentes en la 20 Conferencia de las Partes (COP 20) de la Convención […]

This is how partners and sessions hosts of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum in Lima featured the event:   Building confidence in large-scale landscape restoration The enthusiastic launch of Initiative 20×20 last Sunday at the Global Landscape Forum (held alongside the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru) sent a clear signal that restoring degraded land is winning major support […]