The “German Pavilion” will provide an overview of major initiatives supported by the German Government covering the themes of rights based approaches, spatial approaches and landscape restoration as well as measuring progress towards climate and SDG’s. Major initiatives portrayed in the pavilion are SEWOH (One World – No Hunger) and the German IKI (International Climate Initiative). Other international initiatives supported by Germany such as AFR 100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) and the Bonn Challenge will be featured as well. Funding for all showcased initiatives in the German Pavilion comes from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and/or the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).

The pavilion will demonstrate Germany’s full commitment to the vision of the global landscapes forum, which is reflected in its active support to the work of the Forum as well as via a broad variety of landscape related projects on the ground.

• Media release: Global Landscapes Forum 2017 German Pavilion – “Sustainable Landscapes” WCCB, 19-20th December 2017. Download PDF
• German Pavilion Mini-sessions: December 19. Download PDF
• German Pavilion Mini-sessions: December 20. Download PDF

Join us at the Inclusive Landscapes Finance Pavilion throughout GLF for engaging discussions on all aspects of landscapes finance. 

Hosted by the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, this pavilion will advance discussion, collaboration and partnerships around the topics of inclusive landscape investment models, how good governance and landscape finance are connected, finance and investment coordination at the landscape level, and innovative new financing mechanisms to support integrated landscapes.  

Make connections that will help you make investments that deliver financial, social and environmental returns in partnership with local people. Learn about tools and support that can help you access the right types of finance for your landscape’s goals. Find out more about research, programs and projects that support inclusivity in landscape investment. Discover how to get started in your own institution or landscape, and who can help.

There will be three sessions consisting of a brief video presentation, panel presentations and interactive discussions with participants.

1. Our Heritage, our Future: Indigenous peoples’ water management systems

Indigenous peoples have been practicing sustainable water management systems, not only for their daily needs and livelihoods but also for the profound spiritual values of water.  However, indigenous peoples are facing serious threats in sustaining these practices including their rights to water and livelihoods due to fracking, extractive activities, among others. indigenous peoples in coastal areas continue their traditional fishing practices and related conservation of corals and marine resources. Indigenous leaders from North America and the Pacific will share their experiences and will highlight the need to protect indigenous peoples’ water management systems in relation to their livelihoods, cultures and other collective right. Other speakers are invited to share their work and reflections on this critical issue, and there will be interactive discussions of ways forward to protect the water rights and sustainable water and resource management systems of indigenous peoples in the context of climate change and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.

2. The role of Pastoralism in achieving SDGs under a  Landscape approach

The session will include the analysis and presentations on the role of pastoralism as a viable livelihood system across significant landscapes in Africa, Asia, Russia and parts of northern America and Europe in the advancement and implementation of the SDGs with local contexts and perspectives will be shared and discussed. The event will also highlight national and regional policy actions that need to be reinforced within the GLF framework to reflect most intimately the significant contribution of pastoralism to the economies of countries as well as the challenges experienced especially related to trans-boundary concerns on mobility that is a copying strategy critical for the survival of the livelihood system. The recognition of the practice at global level arrangements is still low and this event will help raise the profile of pastoralism within the GLF processes.

3. Rights and Livelihoods under threat: Sustainable Agroforestry practices of indigenous peoples for food security and biodiversity

Millions of indigenous peoples South and Southeast Asia, South and Central America continue to persist in practicing the centuries-old system of shifting cultivation or rotational agriculture as a form of sustainable agro-forestry.  It is linked to their distinct cultures, and a major source of food security and the conservation of forest biodiversity.  In fact, 80 % of the forest biodiversity are found in indigenous peoples. However, it is considered as a main driver of deforestation and forest degradation. On one hand, Existing policies and regulations thereby continue to criminalize this practice, resulting to arbitrary arrest and detention, payment of penalties, hunger, loss of traditional knowledge among others. On the other hand, the conversion of forest lands to logging and mining concessions, agribusiness and others is taking place on a massive scale and with impunity in violation to the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources, to their livelihoods and cultural heritage.  Even in the context of REDD+, the implementation of the readiness phase fails to ensure forest land tenure for indigenous peoples and the protection of their sustainable forest management system in many countries as critical in forest conservation and management for climate changes.

This session will address policy issues in relation to forest conservation, as well as the respect for indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of threats, challenges, opportunities and ways forward. Speakers will be indigenous representatives, advocates, donors and research/academic institutions.  There will be an interactive discussion with participants of this session.

Join a wide range of host organizations in this Pavilion designed to highlight innovative and unique solutions to global development challenges. From land rights campaigning to sustainable ecosystem management to integrated conservation and livelihood approaches, these organizations and solutions are tackling pressing global problems head-on and sharing their solutions to engender sustainable and equitable landscapes with the GLF audience.

Resources:

Innovative IDEAS on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) with achieving the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in local languages

The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) confronts the world-wide problem of deforestation through its global network of grassroots level practitioners and supporters.  As a “think and do tank” the GPFLR acts as a nexus of coordination in the effort to fulfil the Bonn Challenge to restore 350 million hectares of deforested land 2030. With a track record of high-level events showcasing cutting-edge research and ground-breaking initiatives, the GPFLR’s Restoration Pavilion will bring forward decision-makers from the local, national and international level to drive a diverse agenda ranging from Natural Regeneration, integration of forest resources, monitoring, capacity building and regional schemes such as AFR100 and Initiative 20×20.