Author: GLF Committee

The Global Landscapes Forum, taking place alongside the COP19 global climate talks in Warsaw, is an opportunity for us to look for meaningful answers to the question of our time: How can we nutritiously and sustainably feed 9 billion people by 2050, while not contributing to climate change? We need an integrated and inclusive approach […]

 *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** ‘Fragmentation is our enemy’: Why we must work together across landscapes   WARSAW, Poland (17 November 2013) — Global experts made an impassioned plea to change the way the world is tackling food insecurity, climate change, poverty and water scarcity — and warned that UN climate negotiators in Warsaw risked […]

Young people play a critical role in creating sustainable landscapes. How can we encourage them to contribute? “Half of the 7 billion global population comprises young people who are under 30 years,” said Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Yet despite the numbers, youth are often left out of […]

Whitney Houston once sang ‘I believe the children are our future.” But when so many places are experiencing the effects of climate change right now, do we really have time to focus on the future? During the first session of the Global Landscapes Forum on youth as the future of sustainable landscapes, Tan Copsey of […]

In part thanks to its considerable contribution to deforestation, agriculture accounts for an estimated 30% of greenhouse gas emissions according to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Such statistics may make agriculture and forestry seem like unlikely partners. Yet agriculture and forestry can also be leveraged in a way that […]

Landscapes must provide food, water, carbon storage, biodiversity protection and rural development stimulation – and they must do it all in one go. If I were a landscape, I’d worry about my stress level. Perhaps it is time to call in a shrink? We are asking a lot of our landscapes at the Global Landscape […]