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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 […]

The Global Landscapes Forum 2014 is now carbon-neutral. The Swiss-based company South Pole Carbon has agreed to support an offset project for reforestation in Colombia to make up for the Forum’s CO2 emissions – for example from energy consumption at the event site in Lima or from participants’ flights. According to the Voluntary Carbon Market Survey 2014, South Pole Carbon is the […]

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has opened a special section dedicated to the UNFCCC COP20 and the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima in December. The section will combine news, analysis and research related to the two parallel events. The Global Landscapes Forum will be the biggest event on the sidelines of the climate talks […]

UNFCCC COP20 President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal has stressed the importance of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, taking place on the sidelines of this year’s climate talks in Lima on 6-7 December. The Peruvian Environment Minister officially announced the event at a press conference in Lima, together with CIFOR’s Coordinator for Latin America, Manuel Guariguata, FAO’s country […]

Choosing from some 250 submissions, the jury of the photo competition has selected its winners: The first prize goes to Mark Levitin for his picture Terraced rice fields of Yuanyang, China  Ernesto Benavides came in second for his photo of a waterpark in Peru. Voting for the audience choice of all the photos will still be open until 1 December. […]