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The 2016 Global Landscapes Forum has just closed with an announcement that Germany will host the Forum in Bonn as of next year. Here is what our co-coordinator, Natalia Cisneros had to say in her closing plenary address (video will be available soon).   “Dinesh is a young Nepali agriculturalist. He’s developed an online mentoring program […]

By Peter Holmgren, CIFOR. Originally published on Thomson Reuters Foundation It’s time to look at the bigger picture and bring people and sustainability goals together If we are to find sustainable solutions to climate change, we have to look at the bigger picture. And in that picture climate change – and carbon emissions – aren’t […]

By Susan Macmillan, originally published on ILRI Take a 3-minute break from the political news cycles this weekend and watch this little video hot out of the oven. It reminds us why helping Africa’s food producers adapt to climate change are big matters. It tells us of stuff already being done to lessen Africa’s greenhouse […]

In a time of economic, social and political changes in the EU-Mediterranean landscape, can the forestry and environmental sector be an opportunity and a tool of employment, knowledge, social inclusion and dialogue between peoples? If yes, how? Next 16th November 2016, at the European Parliament in Brussels, the conference “Jobs, Development, Social Inclusion and Climate […]

By Georgina Smith, originally published on CIAT Blog Trees grown on agricultural land significantly contribute to global carbon budgets, say authors in this recent study. If carbon from trees grown on agricultural land was well accounted for, total carbon estimates for agricultural land would be more than four times higher than they currently are, they add. […]