Sustainability

View session details here This presentation by Peter Besseau from the International Model Forest Network focuses on the why of landscapes approaches, what a model forest is, its framework and what was learned from working on a landscape scale.

View session details here This presentation by Michiel van Eupen from Wageningen University explains what ROBIN is and what role land use modeling plays in ROBIN.

What does a “landscapes approach” mean to the private sector? For Bernard Giraud, Senior Sustainability Adviser at Danone, it is not merely an additional aspect of doing business, but “part of the business model” itself. “Danone bottles its water from natural water sources,” Giraud said. “So the quality of water depends on the watershed management. […]

We still lack a systematic understanding of how all different elements impact each other, how they compete for resources and how they can share resources. We also lack a systematic understanding of how policies and practices designed to benefit one element might impact another, and whether those impacts are bad or good. And we lack […]

See more from the session here This presentation by Piotr Grygier describes the Baltic Landscape Project with its goals, the new integrated landscape planning, the role of tourism, water management and conclusions derived from considering and managing all these different factors.

What type of land management practices occur in your country or in your region of the world? Are they simple and decentralized, or complex and heavily regulated? How do other factors such as climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management affect agricultural practices in your local sector? The Global Landscape Forum (GLF) focuses on an integrated strategy of […]