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Originally posted at Forests News Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO, said natural disasters – many linked to climate change – cost his multinational consumer-goods corporation $300 million annually, and that left unchecked “climate change has the potential to become a significant barrier to our growth.” “Deforestation is not one of the great challenges in the fight against […]

By Magda Lovei, originally posted at World Bank Voices blog At the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, the World Bank and TerrAfrica hosted a session on Building a global alliance for resilient landscapes, Magda Lovei is World Bank Practice Manager for Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region, and moderated the discussion. World leaders and land actors were […]

See below a selection of some of the blogs and ne ws articles that attendants of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum published on other websites. We will continue to collect voices from the Forum for landscapes.org. Climate Change Creates New Geography of Food By Fabiola Ortíz, IPS (Tierramérica) The magnitude of the climate changes brought about […]

By Kate Evans, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel at the Global Landscapes Forum on the sidelines of the UN climate conference (COP20) said progress on safeguards on the ground in some countries offers hope. “It is an exciting time for REDD+ […]

The challenge was demanding, but many excellent professionals accepted it: create an infographic that depicts landscape approaches: what they are and why they are needed. While we received many high quality entries, the jury decided to recognize designs created specifically in response to our call. The winning entry was created by Jessica Webb, Celine Jialing […]

Originally published at UNEP The discussion forum Forest economics: A synthesis of valuation studies in Zambia, Tanzania and Panama (UN-REDD Programme) provided an overview of recent forest economic valuations carried out in the three countries by the UN-REDD Programme. Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of Green Initiatives for a Smart Tomorrow (GIST) and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, moderated the session. […]

This is how partners and sessions hosts of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum in Lima featured the event:   Building confidence in large-scale landscape restoration The enthusiastic launch of Initiative 20×20 last Sunday at the Global Landscape Forum (held alongside the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru) sent a clear signal that restoring degraded land is winning major support […]

By Diji Chandrasekharan Behr, originally published at World Bank Voices The energy at the Global Landscapes Forum held alongside the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Lima was electric—charged by the enthusiasm of the scientists, practitioners, indigenous peoples, investors, policy makers, youth and government negotiators who came together to share their latest innovations, tools and ideas for tackling climate […]