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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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COP21 could revitalize REDD+ … or not
The original vision for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) was ambitious yet simple: create both a supply…
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Climate negotiations have never looked like this
As the much-anticipated Paris climate conference draws closer, speculation is heightening over what the Paris Package might look like. In…
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‘Forests are well and truly on the global food security agenda’
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last month by the UN General Assembly, include goals on ending hunger, promoting good nutrition…
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