Managing environment & social effects of large versus small-scale investments in Congo
National agencies that promote and approve foreign investments in Congo Basin countries could play an important role in ensuring that…
5 min readCould the Sustainable Development Goals include Landscapes?
Last week, the UN High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda met in Bali, Indonesia. The political commitment from last year’s…
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Maintaining forestry’s identity among global challenges
We seem to have a new debate in international forestry circles following our recent initiative to hold a global forum…
6 min readEvidence-based forestry – a collaboration to raise the quality of science and policy for forests and sustainable landscapes
There are increasing expectations that policies should be evidence based. This extends to the use of public funds for development…
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Landscape-based certification scheme aims to lift poverty by engaging communities
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2011)_Conservation scientists are hoping to foster conservation outside protected areas and in production landscapes, such as…
3 min readLandscapes for sustainable development
The evolution of Forest Day into a proposed Landscape Day at future UNFCCC COPs, involving agriculture and rural development stakeholders,…
6 min readCOP18 was not good enough: Time to rethink green sectors’ approach for 2015
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 December, 2012)_The UNFCCC COP-18 in Doha worked overtime to finally agree not to disagree. The Secretariat was…
6 min readDoha: Future climate agreement may merge agriculture, land use change and forestry
DOHA, Qatar (8 December, 2012)_A unified approach to managing landscapes to achieve food security while protecting the world’s natural resources…
5 min readLandscapes in the Earth System: How policymakers should consider forests at next year’s U.N. climate talks
DOHA, Qatar (3 December, 2012)_Forests have been front-and-centre at climate negotiations for several years. This year, at the COP18 meeting…
7 min read“Come out of the forest” to save the trees
DOHA, QATAR (2 December 2012)_Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change –…
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Forest Day – time to move on
On 2 December 2012, I shall have the honour of opening the sixth edition of Forest Day at the 18th Conference…
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