Sustainability

Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News blog In a region where there is a still relatively high incidence of illiteracy, very localized languages and dialects and remote settlements, communicating information can be a challenge. And there’s an urgent need to transfer lifesaving information in the Congo Basin – about the effects and prevention of climate […]

By Troy Wiseman, CEO of EcoPlanet Bamboo                     The last 10 years of REDD and REDD+ development have shown that the price attributed to and the willingness to pay for forest based ecosystem services, whether through compliance or a voluntary schemes, is unlikely to ever compete with […]

Originally published at IUFRO Sustainable development objectives and discourse have dominated environmental and development policies and practice for the past three decades. During the last decade new narratives have emerged within these discourses with catchphrases like: “Green Economy”, “Inclusive Green Growth”, “Low Carbon Development”, “Climate-Smart Agriculture” and “Sustainable Intensification”. There is no universal consensus about […]

  By Madjiguene Seck, Communications Officer at the World Bank The global partnership TerrAfrica has brought together key actors across sectors, borders and faiths to address degradation of the land and build greener landscapes in Africa. For the past decade, it has mobilized $3 billion in investments in sustainable land and water management, working with 24 African countries […]

by Hannah Watson  A fire rages, not only clearing large swathes of forest, but also threatening a protected area nearby. Managers are largely powerless to control the fires outside their site boundaries. A new dam is constructed on a river, starving a downstream protected wetland of the sediment and nutrients it needs to survive, so […]

Are you interested in joining the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum? Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss any updates. By Ayesha Constable, University of the West Indies and Youth Facilitator on the post-2015 Development Agenda Being a member of the Global Landscapes Forum team was a great honor- put simply, it was a big deal. […]