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The 2014 Global Landscapes Forum was motivated plenty of social media experts – and many other – to share their experience on Twitter, reaching close to 12 million different Twitter accounts. Our social media team has put together a round-up of the Forum from Twitter. See a collection of some of the the best tweets […]

This photo loop on the different functions of landscapes was shown during the two days of the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, on the sidelines of the UN climate change negotiations. The photos are part of this year’s photo competition for which more than 250 photos related to landscapes, sustainability, biodiversity, food and people were submitted. […]

Watch the video above for some of the highlights of this year’s Global Landscapes Forum in Lima. More than 1700 people from 90 countries attended the event on the sidelines of the annual climate change summit, including country climate negotiators, ministers, CEOs, indigenous leaders, civil society leaders and researchers.

The following quotes were published on the official COP20 website as “most inspiring quotes” from GLF 2014.   1. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples: “Without support for the indigenous people, we will not be able to achieve a landscape approach.”     2. Eduardo Rojas Briales, Assistant Director General, […]