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This presentation was given at the session The Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance – a unique partnership and systemic approach to food insecurity and climate change in Africa during the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014. The session described the uniqueness of the alliance in its approach to addressing food security issues in a changing […]

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 […]

Originally published at UNEP The discussion forum Forest economics: A synthesis of valuation studies in Zambia, Tanzania and Panama (UN-REDD Programme) provided an overview of recent forest economic valuations carried out in the three countries by the UN-REDD Programme. Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of Green Initiatives for a Smart Tomorrow (GIST) and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, moderated the session. […]

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 […]

By Diji Chandrasekharan Behr, originally published at World Bank Voices The energy at the Global Landscapes Forum held alongside the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Lima was electric—charged by the enthusiasm of the scientists, practitioners, indigenous peoples, investors, policy makers, youth and government negotiators who came together to share their latest innovations, tools and ideas for tackling climate […]