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As part of our youth session at the Global Landscapes forum, YPARD (the Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development) launched an appeal for inspiring people to speak at the conference. We received 150 applications from all over the world, showing the enthusiasm and “drive” from these young people. In the following series of […]

I am pleased to see the two leading international consortia on forests and agriculture and rural development coming together at the Global Landscapes Forum to tackle pressing development and climate change issues from a wider perspective. It is well known that the fate of forests and food is bound. Because deforestation, climate change and food […]

The Rio+20 Earth Summit in 2012 called for the design of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the global development framework after 2015 — the year when the Millennium Development Goals (SDGs) will expire. An Open Working Group of the UN General Assembly is currently convening around several key issues, among them land use, […]

One-third of global emissions come from landscapes. Cutting down trees for alternative land uses, managing the soils and crops of farms, and keeping livestock all contribute to carbon emissions. However, there is huge potential for reducing these emissions, for example through setting aside certain areas for planting trees while selecting plots for farm activities. At […]

Bist du: im Bereich der natürlichen Ressourcen (Landwirtschaft, Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Naturschutz, Entwicklungsbereich, Industrie, Klimawandel) tätig? 18-39 Jahre alt oder arbeitest mit jungen Leuten? jemand mit einer Erfolgsgeschichte, die Jugendliche im Bereich der natürlichen Ressourcen involviert? ein einnehmender und engagierter Redner und Anführer? Wenn diese Punkte auf dich zutreffen, bist du genau derjenige, der auf unserem […]

Plus de 1000 décideurs, journalistes,  leaders et experts en forêts et agriculture se réuniront en Pologne en Novembre, en marge des discussions de l’ONU sur le climat  pour participer  à une nouvelle manifestation de deux jours de durée: Le Forum Mondial sur les Paysages. Les inscriptions sont désormais ouvertes pour ce forum, qui combine deux […]