GLF-2015

One of the 50 Young Innovators of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum had the opportunity to share his experience of the GLF in The Huffington Post. Pieter Van de Sype, a young landscape professional, described the Youth in Landscapes Initiative as essential part of the Forum. It becomes pretty clear that he enjoyed himself and got valuable insights for his future […]

The full blog can be found at The Nature Conservancy Mark Tercek and Greg Fishbein from The Nature Conservancy shared their thoughts on the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in The Huffington Post. They remind world politicians and other decision-makers of the benefits of natural systems for solving many of the problems of climate change these days. […]

A new online platform is now available to provide all existing and consolidated data on carbon emissions from tropical deforestation. The Global Forest Watch Climate (GFWC) web platform encourages users to explore and analyze carbon emissions across tropical forest landscapes, monitor trends in deforestation emissions through time, make comparisons, and identify and prioritize areas for […]

Participants of this year’s Global Landscapes Forum will have noticed the excellent selection of short videos, shown around the main events. They were part of a special partner video competition, in which 14 videos were selected because of their high quality. Congratulations to the Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature and EcoAgriculture Partners for their winning video Integrated […]

Before climate negotiators were huddled around tables debating the final changes to the 2015 Paris agreement, they were busy deliberating another contentious text: the Sustainable Development Goals. September 8, 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially replaced the Millennium Development Goals. While only one goal explicitly calls for “Clean Water and Sanitation,” most of […]

The Bonn Challenge is the biggest restoration project in history, shrouded in two myths that surround landscape restoration. The first is that it costs too much. The second is that with the race against climate change and an economic culture requiring quick returns, it simply takes too long. Evidence has shown, however, that actual change […]