Each year, CIFOR-ICRAF hosts a weeklong event that brings its staff worldwide together to sustain institution-wide engagement with the critical global problems the organization addresses.
For the first time, some sessions by prominent scientists and leaders from the organisation, including CIFOR-ICRAF’s new CEO Eliane Ubalijoro, are available to the public to attend virtually. This year’s theme is ‘Equity in Action’, providing a unique opportunity to learn about CIFOR-ICRAF’s commitment to equity and inclusion and how its work addresses the global challenge of inequity in all its work with and for communities, partners and governments.
The following sessions will be publicly available to stream on this page and YouTube. Don’t miss the chance to learn more about how CIFOR-ICRAF engages with equity as a moral imperative in its work, the impacts it expects and more.
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The Eden Festival of Action is an environmental action gathering combining practical ecosystem restoration work like tree-planting, with a full line-up of workshops, talks and activities from sustainability experts. The evenings are filled with campfire sessions, storytelling and music from some of South Africa’s finest musicians.
Be part of a growing, global, green movement. Visit www.festivalofaction.com for more information or APPLY NOW
Check out the Facebook event page here for announcements, pre-events and competitions.
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INFOE – Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology – in cooperation with the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are hosting a Workshop between the first session of the Facilitative Working Group of the LCIP and the global GLF event in Bonn 2019 on rights in the landscape. This is a participatory workshop, focusing on Indigenous language, knowledge and rights in the context of climate change and landscape restoration.
Indigenous languages are disappearing at alarming rates. It is estimated that 40 per cent of the world’s estimated 6,700 languages are in danger of disappearing— the majority belonging to indigenous peoples. The ongoing loss of indigenous languages is particularly devastating, as the complex knowledges and cultures they foster are increasingly being recognized as strategic resources for good governance, peacebuilding, reconciliation, and sustainable development. More importantly, such losses have huge negative impacts indigenous peoples’ most basic human rights.1 In this context, indigenous languages, knowledge and related (land) rights are fundamental for sustainable development and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDGs 4, 13 and 15.
The issues of the workshop are closely related to the current negotiations within the UNFCCC process, defining the work and tasks of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP). It is also picking up on the main theme of this year’s session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Traditional Knowledge. Most importantly, it takes place in the International Year of Indigenous Languages which is an important mechanism dedicated to raising awareness of a topic of global interest and mobilizing different players for coordinated action around the world and was proclaimed in 2016 by the United Nations General Assembly based on a recommendation by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
To register please send an email
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For more information, please find the flyer here.
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With the youth climate movement growing around the world, a thriving community of 50,000+ forming the Youth in Landscapes Initiative and countless other communities of young people standing up for their rights and the rights of our future planet, there is no time like the present to participate in an intergenerational dialogue. With many young people holding the older generations accountable for the state of the planet, it is only by coming together with the intention to listen without judgement and harness our collective intelligence that we will be able to share meaning and create common ground from which to continue to work towards and implement solutions to our current crisis. This workshop will begin with a presentation of the outcomes of the two day Youth In Landscapes workshop, after which participants will be invited to take part in a facilitated Bohm Dialogue.The outcomes of this workshop will be integrated into the ongoing process of developing a rights-based approach to sustainable landscapes.
During GLF Bonn 2019 the GLF Knowledge team will be co-creating and facilitating 4 workshops in order to contribute to the rights-based approach to sustainable landscape management, and to begin a collaborative consultation process for the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Join us to think together in a participatory process that welcomes all experience and input.
To register please send an email GLF Knowledge Sharing Coordinator, Jessica Ball j.ball@cgiar.org with one sentence stating why you wish to join this workshop. Please note workshops are limited to 30 spaces.
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This workshop will build upon a previous event: “Indigenous Languages, Knowledge and Rights in the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation, (forest) landscape restoration and sustainable development,” providing further opportunity to explore how to better understand the role of Indigenous languages in knowledge sharing and solutions to climate change and landscape restoration. The workshop will aim to develop ideas for ensuring the rights of Indigenous people’s in protecting both land but also culture, customs, indigenous language and knowledge, and how these can be appreciated and valued by the scientific community. This workshop will begin with a presentation of the outcomes of the first workshop, after which participants will be invited to build on the ideas in a facilitated process.
The outcomes of this workshop will be integrated into the ongoing process of developing a rights-based approach to sustainable landscapes.
During GLF Bonn 2019 the GLF Knowledge team will be co-creating and facilitating 4 workshops in order to contribute to the rights-based approach to sustainable landscape management, and to begin a collaborative consultation process for the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Join us to think together in a participatory process that welcomes all experience and input.
To register please send an email GLF Knowledge Sharing Coordinator, Jessica Ball j.ball@cgiar.org with one sentence stating why you wish to join this workshop. Please note workshops are limited to 30 spaces.
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In response to the firm conclusions of the scientific community that the world has only 12 years to prevent runaway climate change and irreparable damage to Earth’s life support systems, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed a Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. The resolution recognizes the vital part to be played by nature-based solutions in combating the climate crisis and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. As we look ahead to the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration we ask two fundamental questions: if the world has only 12 years to prevent irreparable damage then this challenge is for all of us, so how do we identify, map and reach different stakeholder groups? Which are the power dynamics to be taken into consideration that exist within and around them? How can we best engage and enable communities across the globe to create change? And lastly, how can we reconnect to nature at a deep and profound level, recognising the interdependent relationships that exist and on which the security of our wellbeing and livelihoods depend. Join us in this workshop to contribute your thoughts, feelings and ideas to an ongoing consultation process that will inform the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
During GLF Bonn 2019 the GLF Knowledge team will be co-creating and facilitating 4 workshops in order to contribute to the rights-based approach to sustainable landscape management, and to begin a collaborative consultation process for the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Join us to think together in a participatory process that welcomes all experience and input.
To register please send an email GLF Knowledge Sharing Coordinator, Jessica Ball j.ball@cgiar.org with one sentence stating why you wish to join this workshop. Please note workshops are limited to 30 spaces.
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Gender equality and women’s rights are enshrined in a number of global conventions and national legal frameworks. Yet to date, significant inequalities persist with respect to access and control over natural resources and benefits derived from them. Gendered inequalities and power relations have been shown to influence the vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities of women and men in the face of climate change and environmental degradation. However, recent evidence also suggests that gender-blind responses to these challenges may reinforce or even exacerbate inequalities. Adopting a rights-based approach to sustainable landscapes management and governance means placing gender equity at the core of environmental action, rather than viewing it as a ‘means to an end’ or an ‘unfortunate trade-off’. At the same time, experiences from across the world demonstrate that the sustainability of environmental action often critically relies on the contributions of the women and men who depend on the landscapes for their livelihoods. Unlocking such synergies requires going beyond purely technical aspects of environmental programming to mapping the various – and often intersecting – social, economic and political structures that influence power imbalances in different contexts, as well as identifying ways in which actions directed at enhancing landscape sustainability can contribute to addressing inequality and discrimination. This workshop invites participants to contribute their expertise and experiences in an effort to develop a shared vision of what some of the key components of a gender-responsive, rights-based approach to sustainable landscape management should be.
During GLF Bonn 2019 the GLF Knowledge team will be co-creating and facilitating 4 workshops in order to contribute to the rights-based approach to sustainable landscape management, and to begin a collaborative consultation process for the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Join us to think together in a participatory process that welcomes all experience and input.
To register please send an email GLF Knowledge Sharing Coordinator, Jessica Ball j.ball@cgiar.org with one sentence stating why you wish to join this workshop. Please note workshops are limited to 30 spaces.
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Background:
The Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is undertaking a Global Comparative Study on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (GCS‐REDD). This multi‐country study aims to generate knowledge and practical tools to support efforts to reduce forest emissions in ways that are effective, efficient and equitable and that generate co‐benefits such as poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. The research project consists of five work modules of which the first module focusses on national policies. This module consist of several components: a country profile, a media-based discourse analysis, a policy network analysis, a REDD+ policy content analysis, and a fifth flexible module for specific policy studies that respond to single country research needs.
The first component, a country profile, focuses on providing an overview of the contextual conditions that affect the REDD+ policy environment in a specific country, along with a preliminary 3E assessment of the REDD+ proposals for that country. The profile is compiled based on reviews of legislation and policies, as well as selected expert interviews. It is a collaborative work with CIFOR’s partners in civil society, government, and academia in the research countries. The country profile provides background and preliminary analysis of the context in which national REDD+ strategies are being developed.
In Lao PDR, the “REDD+ Country Profile in Lao PDR: Drivers, Agents, and Institutions” was published in 2013. Since its first publication, there has been important development on REDD+ and its related issues in Lao PDR. For instance, several new policies have been issued and working groups have been established to prepare the necessary tools for REDD+ safeguards, benefit sharing, reference emission levels, monitoring, reporting and verification system and processes. In terms of institutions, the re-organization of the forestry and agriculture sectors in 2016 has influenced the REDD+ institutional arrangement at different governance levels. On the ground, increasing agro-industrial investment has changed the forest and land uses, thus shifting the ways drivers are targeted and addressed under REDD+. These changes influence the REDD+ design and process, thus it is necessary to re-visit the country profile and updates it with current development on REDD+ in the country.
Purpose and objectives of the workshop:
The objective of the workshop is to verify the indicators based on Laos context to be used in the update of the “REDD+ Country Profile in Lao PDR: Drivers, Agents, and Institutions” published in 2013. A technical writing team will be formed after the workshop. This team will identify and discuss aspects of the country profile that will need updating, and to agree on the roles and responsibilities of different people in the team.
The specific workshop objectives are:
- Verify the Laos Country Profile key indicators and identify changes
- Identify areas of the Country Profile which requires updating
- Confirm the writing team and agree on roles and responsibilities in the updating of the country profile
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A half-day workshop on the implementation of REDD+ Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) in Ethiopia
Objective:
In 2009, CIFOR started a multi-donor funded Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS-REDD+) in 12 countries, one of them being Ethiopia. This workshop is part of the 3rd phase of this long-term research project, with funding from Norad. The aim of this workshop is to contribute to GCS module on monitoring and reference levels to improve procedures and practices for estimating and managing carbon stocks of tropical forest landscapes, and to use the data actively in REL setting, evaluating performance, and identifying hotspots and mitigation actions. Our objective is to provide a synthesis that assesses the level of implementation of MRV at the national level in Ethiopia. To do so, we want to collect information from key stakeholders regarding MRV implementation and challenges in the country, the gaps and points to be improved, and how it contributes to Ethiopia’s CRGE and NDC.
Outcomes:
Information on MRV implementation and sustainability not available in official reports and other media, feedback on the gaps and challenges facing organisations (government, CSO) implementing MRV, recommendations on how to improve the current system.
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