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‘Landscapes approach’ could alleviate West Africa climate change woes –...
Africa - An integrated approach to land management ensuring sustainable policies could help agriculture-dependent West Africa cope with the looming effects of climate change, a panel of experts...
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Muñoz-Dodero: Evidence-based land-use policy remains ‘an enormous challenge’
LIMA, Peru–Making land-use policy decisions based on sound evidence is a fundamental part of public policy–and remains a fundamental challenge, according to a Peruvian environmental official. Speaking...
View ArticleNepstad: Solution against climate change will “come from the land”
Brazil - LIMA, Peru–The “big winning solutions” against climate change, at least in the near term, “are going to come from the land,” according to one top landscapes expert. Speaking on 6 December...
View ArticleUnilever CEO: Deforestation is the most urgent climate challenge
LIMA, Peru—Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO, said natural disasters – many linked to climate change – cost his multinational consumer-goods corporation $300 million annually, and that left unchecked...
View ArticleClimate goals not achievable without landscape-level focus, says World Bank VP
LIMA, Peru—Feeding a growing population while curbing deforestation and tackling climate change will require fundamentally managing landscapes differently, said a top climate policy expert. On the need...
View ArticleIndigenous leader: Development efforts in forests must be inclusive, respect...
Latin America - LIMA, Peru—Global agreements on forests and climate change must safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples, said a Latin American indigenous leader who called for setting clear rules...
View ArticleInnovation expert: Ingredients for landscape success are here—and they’re...
LIMA, Peru—Early successes in Brazil and Indonesia are proof positive that low-emissions sustainable development is practicable, according to a land-use policy expert. Speaking to more than 1,000...
View ArticlePeru official: Time to boost evidence basis, pace of landscape-level policies
LIMA, Peru–Making land-use policy decisions based on sound evidence is a fundamental part of public policy–and remains a fundamental challenge, according to a Peruvian environmental official who also...
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Rachel Kyte’s challenge for science: make landscape approaches easy for...
Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank Group, says the scientific and civil society community needs to assume responsibility for developing tools to make...
View Article“Dragons” urge youth to take the reins of power and solve forestry and...
LIMA, Peru—Young people in forestry don’t want to be thought of as the ‘future’ but be involved in important discussions and listened to in the present, was the message from a youth session at the...
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