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“We now have the largest youth and most restless generation in human history. Too many activities happen without input from young people.”  — Sithembile Ndema, FANRPAN Rural youth are the future of agricultural production — their engagement will determine future food production, and their actions will define how food production impacts the environment. They will […]

Why one billion farmers deserve better from COP19. What is it about agriculture that the world finds so hard?  We eat its products every day, after all.  Yet when it comes to adopting sensible policies for ensuring that people get fed, that farmers can make a living, and that agriculture does not contribute unnecessarily to […]

By Julie Mollins REDD+ will only grow if its scope does, too – beyond just forests, looking at the whole landscape. Do you agree? Or do you think REDD+ should focus on trees first? Join the debate: bit.ly/19DRrNK WARSAW, Poland — A proposal to alleviate deforestation could benefit greatly from a cross-sectoral, holistic approach to […]

A Storify compiled by Ann-Kathrin Neureuther Why are “landscapes” important, anyway? Reuters AlertNet set the stage, encapsulating the challenges and opportunities discussed at the Global Landscapes Forum. Fred Pearce explored who should pay for all this — and how. The Conversation examined a landscapes success story, looking at the relation between tree cover and war […]

The Global Landscapes Forum took place 16-17 November 2013 on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw. This highlight video features high-level speakers, including Lindiwe Sibanda (FANRPAN), His Royal Highness Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso (Kingdom of Lethoso), Rachel Kyte (World Bank), Peter Holmgren (CIFOR), Heru Prasetyo (Government of Indonesia), Andrew Steer (WRI), Sara J. […]

This presentation accumulates some of the most current and most important knowledge that should be known when dealing with landscapes, climate change or similar issues. The facts include undernourishment, population, dietary change, obesity, global food demand, food waste, agricultural emissions, deforestation emissions, biofuels and the impacts of climate change on water, crops, livestock, fisheries, forests, […]