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Brought to you by Partnerships for Forests Partnerships for Forests, a technical assistance and grant-making program funded by the UK government, has opened its first call for concepts. The program seeks to tackle deforestation and improve livelihoods by catalyzing investment in forests and sustainable land use. To create viable investment propositions, the program facilitates and […]

Written by Michael Victor for the Water, Land and Ecosystems blog Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty will require a 50 percent increase in food production in the next 15 years. In fact, a global food revolution is urgently needed, argues a recent paper by a number of leading scientists working with […]

Originally published by the Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) The Dubai-based International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska are co-leading a $4-million research effort. The project is designed to help the […]

This film follows a group of ten youth innovators, mentored by Dr Alan Nicol from the International Water Management Institute, as they devise a solution to landscapes challenges in the Nile Basin. The young professionals and researchers pitched their idea to a panel of judges in a Dragon’s Den style event at the Global Landscapes Forum […]

Originally published on the Conservation International Blog. By Bruno Vander Velde  The world watched as wildfires raged in parts of Indonesia last month, filling the skies with smoke and even causing the country’s president to cut short a trip to Washington. Not making headlines, however, is a recent bit of good news from the Southeast […]

Paula Caballero, a World Bank director and speaker at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, congratulates the inclusion of a focus on the world’s ocean in the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals: At this week’s UN Sustainable Development Summit, the world’s oceans will be getting the attention they have long deserved — but not always received. They […]