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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 […]

The term landscape has become dominant in conversations about land use and sustainability. This was especially true at the Global Landscapes Forum, a weekend full of experts and attendees talking and thinking about landscapes. But what are we exactly talking about, what does the term include, where does it come from, and what is the […]

A value chain is what turns a plant into your latte. Value chains represent the transformation of raw materials into final products available on your grocery store shelves, and detail the value added at each stage in the production process. Visualize the journey of traditional ‘farm-to-fork’ agricultural items; for example, taking an Indian-grown mango and […]

What are ecosystem services? The concept can be explained using a simple example. If you go and buy a wooden chair for 60 Euros, you’re agreeing that it is worth the 60 Euro price set both by the vendor and the market. Ecosystem services deal with nature’s services such as watershed maintenance or carbon sequestration from which […]

Small-scale, yet confident, baby steps at home can lead to larger-scale sustainable climate action. Sub-national authorities’—regions, states, provinces and municipalities—actions to address the impacts of climate change and implement their own INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) in many countries can be models of change from which national governments could learn. Local actors and local-level planning […]