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GLF Climate Event Charts “Long Way” From Major Climate Commitments To Action On The Ground
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 6:29 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Bonn, Germany (10 November 2021) – “We have a very, very long way to go – you can see the gap in terms of what it’s going to cost to make the transition to renewables, or deal with growing extreme weather events,” said USAID administrator ... More >>
Global Landscapes Forum Offers Seed Grants To Transform Degraded Sahelian Landscapes
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 6:55 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Robert Bosch Foundation supports new push for restoration and conservation in the Sahel region Bonn, Germany (5 November 2021) - In Yaoundé, Cameroon, a group of organizations led by Support Humanity Cameroon (SUHUCAM) are challenging the trend ... More >>
Africa's Drylands Near Tipping Point, But Local Communities Could Save It, Experts Say
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:05 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Bonn, Germany (7 June 2021) – Nearly half of Africa’s population could face a future of widespread drought, hunger and mass migration due to the effects of climate change – but there is still time to prevent catastrophe by restoring the continent’s ... More >>
Luxembourg And GLF Join Forces To Mainstream Investments For Sustainable Land Use And Climate
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:11 am | Global Landscapes Forum
(3 June 2021) LUXEMBOURG-CITY, LUXEMBOURG and BONN, GERMANY – The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are launching the Luxembourg-GLF Finance for Nature Platform – a partnership to expand the emerging market for global ... More >>
How Can Drylands Restoration Help Improve The Lives Of Millions Across Africa?
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 6:01 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Find out at GLF Africa, 2–3 June 2021 BONN, Germany (25 May 2021) – Almost half of Africa’s landscape is made up of drylands, which are areas that suffer from high water scarcity and are especially vulnerable to land degradation. Africa’s ... More >>
Tech Challenge Disrupts The Status Quo With Innovative Restoration Approaches In Aral Sea Region
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 5:27 am | Global Landscapes Forum
DID YOU KNOW that the Aral Sea in Central Asia, once the world’s fourth-largest inland water body, has almost disappeared due to overuse of its water, as well as the planet’s climate crisis? The destruction of this once-vast water body is endangering ... More >>
Global Experts Call For A Paradigm Shift To Head Off Future Pandemics
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 5:58 am | Global Landscapes Forum
GLF Biodiversity Conference ‘One World—One Health’ outcome statement presents four pathways for transformative change BONN (24 November) – In the world’s largest biodiversity conference of the year, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) brought together ... More >>
Experts At Biodiversity Conference Call For Linking Human And Livestock Health With Ecosystems
Saturday, 31 October 2020, 7:20 am | Global Landscapes Forum
On 28-29 October, Dr. Peter Daszak , Sir Robert Watson , Elizabeth Mrema and more than 250 other experts at the Global Landscapes Forum Digital Biodiversity Conference ‘One World, One Health’ called for integrating biodiversity and landscape perspectives ... More >>
Indigenous Land Rights And Forest Protection Network In Cambodia Wins Global Landscapes Award
Friday, 30 October 2020, 6:19 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Landscape restoration initiative in the Peruvian Amazon wins audience favorite Bonn (29 October 2020) – The network of Indigenous communities living in and around the Prey Lang forest in Cambodia is the winner of the GLF 2020 Landscape Heroes award ... More >>
Zoonotic Diseases Are On The Rise, But Preventing Future Pandemics Is Possible
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 8:49 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Protecting wildlife habitats, reducing urban demand for wild meat and early detection of disease outbreaks are among the recommendations to prevent the spread of future pandemics and avoid their damaging impacts, according to a White Paper issued by ... More >>
FAO Calls To Step Up Forest And Landscape Restoration
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 8:45 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Efforts to restore the world’s degraded forests and landscapes must be scaled up to reach international targets by 2030, according to a new FAO publication released today. The new edition of FAO's international forestry journal, Unasylva, entitled ... More >>
Major Biodiversity Conference Kicks Off In Less Than Two Weeks
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 6:23 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Global Landscapes Forum Biodiversity Conference: ‘One World—One Health’ 28 and 29 October 2020 from 9 a.m. Bonn (UTC/GMT+1) WHAT: Halting biodiversity loss is essential to tackle the climate, food and global health crises, but how to turn ... More >>
International Livestock Research Institute Becomes Global Landscapes Forum Charter Member
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 6:24 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Over half a billion people in developing countries depend to some extent on farm animals for their livelihoods. Animal-sourced food also plays an important role in nutrition, through providing readily-available proteins and micronutrients. But animal ... More >>
Can Planting Trees Save The Planet? Find Out At The Upcoming GLF Digital Forum
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 8:23 am | Global Landscapes Forum
There’s space on the planet for an additional 0.9 billion hectares of forest cover, which would stash around a quarter of current atmospheric carbon. But creating and restoring forests can be complicated, expensive and political. As lawmakers and business-owners ... More >>
Jane Goodall To Speak At Global Landscapes Digital Conference 2020
Friday, 5 June 2020, 6:48 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, will address at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Digital Conference , which runs online from 3-5 June. In her address, she expands on widely-reported comments she made Tuesday , sounding ... More >>
Rethinking Food Systems For Human And Planetary Health At GLF Bonn Digital Conference 2020
Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 8:12 am | Global Landscapes Forum
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Digital Conference, which will run online from 3-5 June, will kickstart a global conversation on how to ‘build back better’ and transform food systems to protect human well-being and planetary health in the ... More >>
Rethinking Food Systems To Protect Human And Planetary Health
Friday, 15 May 2020, 7:41 am | Global Landscapes Forum
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Digital Conference , which will run online from 3-5 June, will kickstart a global conversation on how to transform food systems to protect human well-being and planetary health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. ... More >>
Ecosystem Experts To Break Down Relationship Between Deforestation And COVID-19 In Online Q&A Series
Friday, 24 April 2020, 7:10 am | Global Landscapes Forum
In a paper published in Nature in 2017 , CIFOR demonstrated that the increased probability of an Ebola outbreak occurring is linked to deforestation, and that the likelihood of future outbreaks could be reduced through forest conservation. Pictured are African ... More >>
Global Landscapes Forum Launches 2020 Theme: Food And Livelihoods
Friday, 17 April 2020, 6:46 am | Global Landscapes Forum
Not only is the world’s supply of coffee at risk from climate change, but so are the livelihoods of 25 million farmers who sustain themselves by growing it. Pictured is a wild coffee nursery in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Axel Fassio/CIFOR. ... More >>
U.N. climate, environment goals to gel under Decade
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 5:14 pm | Global Landscapes Forum
UNITED NATIONS, New York (Sept. 24, 2019) – When the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration kicks off in 2021, it will strengthen the fight against climate change, providing an umbrella for a range of U.N. conventions and sustainable development targets , ... More >>
