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Nazir Foead: ‘The keyword for us is cooperation’
Nazir Foead is the head of Indonesia’s newly established Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). The agency was appointed by President Joko…
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Matt Hansen: ‘With satellites, you don’t look at a single pixel. It only makes sense on a landscape scale.’
Matt Hansen is a professor in the Geographical Sciences Department at the University of Maryland. He spoke on the sidelines of…
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CIFOR’s Director General Peter Holmgren: ‘Climate solutions will have to happen in the landscape’
Peter Holmgren is the Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). He spoke on the sidelines of…
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Wanjira Mathai: ‘Landscape restoration is about gender equality’
Wanjira Mathai is the Director of Partnerships for Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER) at the Wangari Maathai Institute (WMI). She…
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UNEP’s Erik Solheim: ‘Climate no longer a cost, but an opportunity’
More than 5,500 people from 95 countries connected in person and online at the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in…
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Rural women across the globe: Linking livelihoods and landscapes
We need to care about rural women. For one, they comprise a quarter of the world’s population. In developing countries,…
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Video: Highlights from the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Global momentum is building to sustainably manage forests and landscapes, as a key factor for mitigating climate change and promoting…
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2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Connecting funds to farms and forests (Part 2)
This article is Part 2 of a two-part series covering the Global Landscapes Forum 2016 – The Investment Case. The aim…
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2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Connecting funds to farms and forests (Part 1)
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the Global Landscapes Forum 2016 – The Investment Case. The aim…
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Watch: Highlights video from the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum- The Investment Case
The Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case in London on 6 June 2016 brought together more than 300 experts from…
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