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By Daniela Rivas. Originally published on YPARD. The fourth Global Landscape Forum (GLF) held alongside the UNFCC Conference of the Parties (COP) brought together more than 5,500 people from 95 countries, in person and online, to build solutions to climate change challenges through sustainable land use. As always, youth had an active and meaningful participation in […]

Study shows that when policymakers take shortcuts, the likelihood for under-performance of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes is greater.

Making land use more sustainable is likely to cost money. The challenge for sustainable landscape initiatives is to create financial mechanisms which can redirect the many billions of dollars flowing into less-than-sustainable land use in tropical regions. Designing sustainable landscape initiatives so that they can channel investment is the subject of a new practical website, […]

More than 5,500 stakeholders from forestry, agriculture, water, energy, law, finance and more came together for the fourth annual Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November, 2016 in Marrakesh. The thematic event, convened by a cross-sectoral consortium of international organizations, encouraged the exchange of the latest climate and sustainable development knowledge and research that will enable […]

Mark W. Rosegrant, Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Bruce Cabarle, Team Leader at Partnerships for Forests, speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Now in its sixth installment, the Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to implementing action on the ground and tracking progress toward new climate and […]