Media category: Bonn 2018

Bonn – Langkah koreksi besar-besaran yang dilakukan Pemerintah Indonesia dalam tata kelola gambut, kini menjadi rujukan pengetahuan bagi dunia internasional. Hal ini semakin ditegaskan dalam pertemuan Konferensi Global Landscape yang berlangsung dari tanggal 1-2 Desember, di Bonn, Jerman.

Global leaders have committed to start restoring 168 million hectares – 415 million acres, an area larger than Iran – of degraded land within the next 12 years under the Bonn Challenge, the world’s most ambitious restoration effort.

Forest monitoring has experienced a revolution in recent years, with vast improvements in satellite sensors, the emergence of drones, and growing ubiquity of on-the-ground technologies like smartphones and camera traps. These developments have made it easier and less costly to map forests, track reforestation and forest regeneration, and detect deforestation and degradation.

Perú es representado por Tacna a premio “Héroes del Paisaje” organizada por el Foro Global de Paisajes en Bonn (Global Landscapes Forum). Las personas pueden apoyar este proyecto votando vía internet.

The impact of plastic on the world’s oceans has been garnering a lot of attention of late, with consumer products companies, governments, and restaurants chains making high profile commitments ranging from phasing out single-use straws to rethinking their packaging.

The impact of plastic on the world’s oceans has been garnering a lot of attention of late, with consumer products companies, governments, and restaurants chains making high profile commitments ranging from phasing out single-use straws to rethinking their packaging. In Brazil, a key catalyst for raising awareness on the issue of sea litter has been Menos 1 Lixo, an educational platform that runs online campaigns and organizes beach clean-ups to spur behavior change.

In my lifetime, global wildlife populations have seen an overall decline of more than half. That’s a statement of such enormity that it’s hard to process.

The evidence comes from WWF’s recent Living Planet Report 2018, which shows that, on average, populations of mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles declined by 60 percent between 1970 and 2014. And the trends are still going in the wrong direction. My children could be reading about many of these species — such as orangutans and Amur leopards — in history books if conservation actions are not ramped up.

Maryam Siddiqui has been selected to attend the prestigious Youth Landscapes Leadership Workshop and the Global Landscapes Forum- 2018, in Bonn, Germany on full sponsorship. Only 10 people from around the world have been selected to receive the scholarship.