March 19, 2016
On Gender, with Kame Westerman of Conservation International
Kame Westerman
Conservation International
Mara Novak
Louis Wertz
Gender equality is critical to the success of conservation and development projects. But how do we create it where it’s missing? A conservation research project was assessing bush meat use in a forest. They talked to the men, who were the hunters, about what species of animals, and how many, they were catching, killing and […] ...
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March 8, 2016
Initiative Partners Empower Women for Planet 50-50 by 2030
A wide range of Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative partners are celebrating International Women’s Day with powerful stories of women’s empowerment. We’ve gathered them all in one place here on the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Blog. Read on, and happy #IWD2016. Challenges to improving equity in the Gash Die – Thrive Abby Waldorf ...
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February 24, 2016
Pulses celebrated internationally as a ‘super crop’ for sustainability
Christine Negra
Emerging Ag Inc.
When it comes to eating sustainably, beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas, and other pulses are hard to beat. A staple of many traditional diets around the globe, high-protein, low-fat, high-fiber pulse grains have been shown to fight disease and malnutrition. In farming systems, pulses ‘fix’ atmospheric nitrogen, adding it to the soil. Many pulse varieties tolerate […] ...
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February 17, 2016
Land Degradation Neutrality as a tangible vision for our landscapes
Sasha Alexander
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Land is the foundation of life. Humanity cannot survive without it. Land sustains us by offering soil and space to grow food, to filter drinking water, and to generate a continuous supply of oxygen through the trees rooted in it. Land connects humans with each other and to other life forms through the stability it offers. […] ...
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January 20, 2016
Lifecycle carbon accounting is the missing piece in the push for landscape restoration
Noah Deich
Center for Carbon Renewal
The landscape restoration field ended 2015 with significant forward momentum. At COP21 in Paris, governments announced major efforts to stem the tide of climate change, such as the the 4 per 1000 soil carbon initiative, the Great Green Wall afforestation project, and advances in ongoing projects like the Bonn Challenge. China and India were among […] ...
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January 13, 2016
Palm Oil – the long road of the RSPO standard toward impact
Helga Rainer
Arcus Foundation
Denis Ruysschaert
Tropical forests are declining at about 1% a year, mainly due to industrial agricultural production. Sustainability standards have fallen short and need to engage local actors much more effectively to slow this deforestation. Editor’s Note: This article is based on a chapter of the new book State of the Apes: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation, […] ...
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January 7, 2016
The Cameroon Pilot: Model Forests as a Vehicle of Sustainable Development in Africa
Mariteuw Chimère Diaw
African Model Forest Network
Having multiple goals for a Sustainable World means our management plans must generate multiple outcomes. Looking across the multiple Sustainable Development Goals and their targets, it is clear that many of the objectives outlined by the Post-Development Agenda are connected to each other. For example, you cannot effectively eradicate extreme poverty without improving access t ...
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January 2, 2016
More than just the land: a discussion of rural women’s equality
Rachel Friedman
University of Queensland
The starting point was logical: land. But, as with many of the complex and thorny issues discussed at the Global Landscapes Forum, addressing gender, natural resources, and rural livelihoods involves thinking outside that box. We started at square one: in rural areas of developing countries, women own less land, under less secure tenure. While the […] ...
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December 30, 2015
Moving Africa toward sustainable development through landscape partnerships
Mariteuw Chimère Diaw
African Model Forest Network
Over the next 15 years, The Sustainable Development Goals envision a world free of extreme poverty. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to eradicate the roots of extreme poverty. This ambitious goal requires development to take on a new, integrated model to finish what the Millennium Development Goals started. To handle issues that are as […] ...
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December 28, 2015
Seeing the water basins for the trees
Rachel Friedman
University of Queensland
It’s pretty easy to continue with accepted theories, among like-minded colleagues. Yet, a collegial discussion on managing forests for water and climate, hosted by WeForest at the Global Landscapes Forum, pushed boundaries a bit. In this talk, world leaders moved beyond mere mechanics of the water cycle to more fully embrace the complexity of integrated […] ...
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