Journalists interested in covering the biggest event on the sidelines of the UN climate negotiations in Lima should check out the schedule below for newsworthy aspects of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum. All other participants are of course welcome to attend too.
6 December
12:20–13:00 The World Agroforestry Centre will launch a new book by 86 authors from 44 institutions that highlights a new way by which small-scale farmers and foresters are coping with climate change.
13:00–13:40 Global Forest Watch will release new forest data, including information about controversial industrial plantations developed to produce palm oil and pulp and paper. Three of the world’s premiere mapping experts, including the University of Maryland’s Matthew Hansen, will participate.
7 December
11:30–13:00 Latin American ministers will launch the 20×20 initiative, a historic new commitment by agriculture and environment ministers across the region to restore and reforest degraded land. Ministers from Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, as well as European investors backing the deal, will be available for interviews. Organizers include the World Resources Institute, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE).
12:50 – 13:30 The International Network For Bamboo And Rattan (INBAR) will release a series of new studies about bamboo, which reveal that these massive grasses—prevalent in Peru and across the tropics—offer surprising solutions to the climate change woes hitting poor villages worldwide.
13:30 – 14:10 Forest Trends will launch the Spanish version of its new report Turning over a New Leaf: State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2014.
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