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By Thomas Huber, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Helping smallholder oil palm farmers become more sustainable will be crucial in resolving differences between the Indonesian government and palm oil exporters over zero-deforestation pledges, participants at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris heard on Saturday. A total of 188 companies in Indonesia’s palm oil […]

150 young people from across the world applied to join us in Paris in December to solve 5 landscape challenges. You voted for your favourite video and we’re pleased to announce Tamanda Chabvuta, communications officer at the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi as the winner! Tamanda will receive two leadership coaching sessions with Pamela […]

The so-called landscapes approach, the unifying theme of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, appears to encompass every conceivable environmental and agricultural activity. The approach attempts to bring together, “multiple land uses in an integrated manner, considering both the natural environment and the human systems that depend on it.” Central to the approach is […]

By John Cannon, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Landscape restoration has long been overshadowed by forest conservation when it comes to ecosystem-based strategies for tackling climate change. But now scientists and climate strategists are calling for greater recognition of the contribution of landscape restoration to climate change mitigation and adaptation. “Let’s stop calling them […]

By Corey Watts What do a Ugandan lawyer, a Mexican engineer, a Nepalese agriculture student, a Canadian policy advisor, and an Italian forest scientist have in common? They are all young, they are all innovators in their field, and they are all passionate about people and their environments. They are also all part of a group […]

Senior Director for Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank, Paula Caballero, speaks at the thematic high-level session on “Resilient landscapes to reduce fragility, conflict and migration” on the second day of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, France, alongside COP21. In this session, experts in landscape management explore how to position the […]

With more than 4095 votes, the photo Tree of life by Jaya Setiawan Gulo is the audience choice in the 2015 Global Landscapes photo competition, winning US$ 1000. The photo with the second most votes is Mana: the last Indian village and collected less half as many votes: 1990. More than 150 amateur and professional photographers participated in this year’s […]

By Thomas Hubert, originally posted at CIFOR’s Forests News Local practices with the commons offer lessons for collectively managing “global commons” such as oceans and the sky. If neighboring villages can share pastures for the common good, why could the world’s nations not do the same with the atmosphere? With global challenges on climate and […]

Over 100 organizations contributed to the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, hosting discussions and press launches, presenting their work in pavilions and at side events. Also, environmental online platforms and specialised media outlets featured the Forum or certain aspects of it. The below gives an overview of how they reflected on the event on their website, […]

Originally posted at CIFOR The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is pleased to be a founding partner of theInternational Partnership for Blue Carbon, announced by the Australian Minister for the Environment,Greg Hunt, at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on 6 December. “It is an enormous opportunity, as has been recognized here, for […]