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We are probably at the most crucial crossroad of humanity’s history. We are changing the earth’s climate as a result of accelerated human-made Greenhouse Gases Emissions (GHG) and biodiversity loss, provoking other effects that increase the complexity of the problem and will multiply the speed with which we approach climate chaos, and social too. In […]

The Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA) is a tool to help end-users better understand the extent and rate of past deforestation and deforestation activities occurring within certain political jurisdictions. The purpose of this pilot study was to see if we could develop key performance indicators using historical data around illegal deforestation utilizing public data platforms such […]

An interview with scientist Bruno Locatelli on improving the design of climate change project. By Yoly Gutierrez , originally published on Forests News. To combat climate change, one can avoid it via mitigation, or cope with it via adaptation. Even though these objectives are two sides of the same coin, their synergies and conflicts tend […]

Study shows that when policymakers take shortcuts, the likelihood for under-performance of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes is greater.

  by: Malika Kassi During my time with the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) as a Youth Facilitator, I gained a wonderful experience that I will always treasure. My experience with the Youth in Landscapes (YIL) program raised my aspiration as a young Moroccan woman who always believed that I could have a significant impact on […]

  by: Heba Elhanafy When people ask me how the 2016 Global Landscape Forum (GLF) was, or what I was doing in Marrakesh, Morocco I always start with what I did there. But actually, my story with the GLF started before even going to Marrakesh with an amazing set of webinars, where we learnt a […]