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A river runs through it: Why water needs a landscape approach too
With the link between water and landscapes made explicit in the Sustainable Development Goals, it’s no wonder that water featured…
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To invest in data is to invest in our forests
Having accurate data is crucial if carbon credits and other forest conservation payment schemes are going to take off, according…
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When are satellite images most useful? When someone explains them
Satellite and other data for monitoring the health of forests and other landscapes are getting better all the time –…
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Restoration as a local solution with global benefits
Landscape restoration has long been overshadowed by forest conservation when it comes to ecosystem-based strategies for tackling climate change. But…
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REDD+ offers powerful lessons for green growth
Climate-smart economic development doesn’t have to start from scratch. With a decade of experience and a wealth of research to…
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Sharing the planet means sharing the problems
Those who caused the global “carbon problem” should take a greater share of the responsibility for resolving it, an indigenous…
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‘Global village’ might not be such a cliché
If neighboring villages can share pastures for the common good, why could the world’s nations not do the same with…
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All the youth in the house, please stand up
Youth speaker Salina Abraham had the crowd on their feet last night in the closing ceremony of the 2015 Global…
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Landscapes’ ‘complexity’ offers a way forward for climate policy
A holistic approach to sustainable land use adds an extra and important dimension to the global climate policy being shaped…
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‘It is complex but our future is worth the effort’
Following is a transcript of Peter Holmgren’s address in the opening plenary of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on…
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How landscape approaches can help achieve the SDGs – in three (challenging) steps
The concept of “landscapes”, in relation to achieving more sustainable land use and reaping the abundant associated benefits for food…
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Climate isn’t everything … so welcome to the Global Landscapes Forum
As COP21 gets underway in Paris, it is easy to get swept up in the whirlwind of expert op-eds, celebrity…
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10 views on the future of REDD+
It’s been a long and rocky road for the climate change mitigation scheme known as REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from…
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Migration: What happens to the people (and forests) left behind?
By leaving their rural communities and sending money back home, migrants in tropical forest countries are changing not only the…
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What the climate talks could mean for REDD+ (and the world)
An expert on REDD+ has called for countries to make a genuine long-term commitment to tackling climate change, beyond the…
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