Green Economy

By Bruno Vander Velde, originally published at Forests News Global agreements on forests and climate change must safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples, said a Latin American indigenous leader who called for setting clear rules over development initiatives that affect the forests they live in. “At the global level, forests are where indigenous peoples are […]

By Rachel Kyte, Vice-President Climate Change Group, World Bank, originally posted at World Bank Rachel Kyte is a plenary speaker at the Global Landscapes Forum 6-7 December in Lima (High-level opening plenary: Negotiating landscapes for multiple benefits). In her blog she refers to it as Landscapes Day. Over the next few months, governments worldwide will be preparing […]

This article was originally published at  World Resources Institute (WRI) Written by Helen Mountford, Director of Economics at WRI, and Andrew Steer, President and CEO of WRI, who is also one of the speakers at the Global Landscapes Forum How should politicians prioritize between robust economic growth and solving the problem of climate change? A new report reveals an encouraging […]

By Bruno Vander Velde, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) How do we balance the economy and the environment? This framework is not new, and yet decades after it first seeped into academic exchanges, researchers and policymakers alike are still wrestling with it. In fact, discussions about the links between economy and environment that came […]

  Vietnam is increasing its forest area by one percent every year. In Finland, one of the leading countries of sustainable forest management, destruction of forests is expressly prohibited by law. More than 90 percent of the sellers of forest produce are women. Russia’s far east is the ground of one tenth of the world’s […]

    The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a partner of the Global Landscapes Forum, is participating in a Field Dialogue on Changing Outlooks for Food, Fuel, Fiber and Forests (4Fs) in Finland from 2-5 September. The WBCSD has recently visualized the pressure on forests world wide through increasing resources need. A sub-group of the Council brings together major […]