Launching the new climate and development agendaWelcome to the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum.

We invite you to take part in the wide range of activities designed for knowledge sharing and exchange, as we all come together to find pathways toward sustainable land use.

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GlobalLandscapesForumParis

5–6 December 2015

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1.1. Indigenous Peoples’ rights and land tenure – Fostering partnerships to tackle climate change

Hosts: IIPFCC, TNCRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

1.2. Investing in integrated landscapes to achieve the SDGs

Hosts: LPFN, EcoAgriculture Partners, UNEP, FAO, UNCCD Global MechanismRoom: 252A

1.5. Managing and restoring natural tropical forests – Ensuring a sustainable flow of benefits for people in the context of global change

Hosts: CIRAD, IUFRO, CIFORRoom: 243

1.4. Shaping sustainable supply chains of the future – How to create links between smallholder farmers, companies sourcing raw materials, and the environment

Hosts: Livelihoods Fund, Danone, Mars Inc.Room: 252B

1.3. Up and down the scales of time and place – Integrating global trends and local decisions to make the world more food-secure by 2050

Host: IFPRIRoom: 253

1.6. Odds and ends for restoring landscapes through agroforestry

Host: ICRAFRoom: 241

11.00

11.30 - 12.00

Registration opens

Science meets theatre – Soil, society and soulRoom: Mezzanine Bleu in the Amphithéâtre Hall (Neuilly side)

13.45 - 14.00 Short break

17.00 - 17.15 Short break

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break & finger food (All food served is vegetarian)

15.30 - 17.00

Discussion Forums

14.00 - 15.00 Setting the stage – Strategic landscape investments to achieve climate and development goalsRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

Day 1 – Saturday, 5 December

Speakers: • Minister Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France (video address)• Baroness Ariane de Rothschild, Chair of the Executive Committee, Edmond de Rothschild Group• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Economist and former Minister of Finance, Nigeria• Emmanuel Faber, CEO, Danone• Peter Holmgren, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Facilitator: James Astill, Washington Correspondent, The Economist

Opening on behalf of Forum coordinators: Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank Group

1.1. Action on zero deforestation pledges – The challenge of aligning public and private sustainability goals. A case study of palm oil in Indonesia

Hosts: CIFOR, TFA 2020Room: 252B

1.2. Climate-smart agriculture for healthy landscapes and livelihoods

Hosts: AIRCA, CATIERoom: 252A

1.3. Landscape Restoration Snapshot – Potential for achieving old and new climate ambitions

Host: IUCNRoom: 241

1.4. It all begins at home – Climate action with multiple scopes and scales for achieving INDCs

Hosts: TNC, GCF, FAORoom: 253

12.15 - 13.45

Discussion Forums

OPENING PLENARY

1.1. Industrial agriculture, ape conservation and climate change – More than a business case for reducing deforestation

Hosts: UNEP, UNEP-FI, Arcus FoundationRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

1.2. REDD+ Forest Reference Emission Levels – Progress and challenges in developing countries

Host: FAORoom: 252A

1.5. The role of agro-ecology in exploring innovative, viable adaptation measures for resilient smallholder coffee landscapes

Hosts: HIVOS, ICO, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, Coffee & ClimateRoom: 243

1.4. Making a splash for SDGs and climate goals – Integrated water resource management and landscape approaches

Hosts: SIWI, CIFOR, WLERoom: 253

1.3. Scaling up restoration, bringing down poverty – An assessment of opportunities and risks, from the Amazon to Africa’s Mayombe Forest

Hosts: IIS, Agroicone, AugeoRoom: 252B

1.6. Commons tenure for a common future

Hosts: CAPRi, ILC, CIFOR, Foundation for Ecological Security, Oxfam InternationalRoom: 241

18.45 - 19.30 Break & finger food (All food served is vegetarian)

17.15 - 18.45

Discussion Forums

19.30 - 21.00 Pecha Kucha-Style Night – Stories from the landscapeFeaturing Eco-Hip-Hop Artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Room: Amphithéâtre Bleu

Speakers:• Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (Earth Guardians) — We are all indigenous to the Earth• Andrea Vásquez (IFSA) — Who defines development? Consequences of non place- and

cultural-based definitions • Sayed Azam-Ali (Crops For the Future) — How to feed a hotter world• Houria Djoudi (CIFOR) — Once, there was a lake• Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition) — A common vision – The 10-65 challenge• Tristan Lecomte (PUR Projet) — Insetting via agroforestry at a landscape level• Nienke Stam (IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative) — Production and protection - Business

initiative for sustainable landscapes• Nolan Hunter (Kimberley Land Council) — Indigenous people leading climate mitigation

Be inspired: Creative presenters x 20 slides x 20 seconds each

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1.1. Resilient landscapes to reduce fragility, conflict and migration

Hosts: The World Bank, PROFOR, TerrAfricaRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

1.2. Pixel perfection for carbon detection – How technologies and communities can curb global emissions from land-use change

Hosts: WRI, Global Forest Watch ClimateRoom: 252B

1.3. This land is our land – Gender perspectives on tenure and rights

Hosts: CIAT, CGIAR Research Program on Water, WLE, IFPRIRoom: 253

1.4. Changing agricultural fiscal policies to stimulate sustainable economic growth, food production, and reduced deforestation

Host: UNEPRoom: 241

11.30 - 13.00

Thematic High-level

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Speakers: • Minister Judi W. Wakhungu, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya• Eduardo S. Brondizio, Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington • Robin Chazdon, Executive Director, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation• Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Governor of California

Facilitator: Jeff Sayer, Professor of Conservation and Development, James Cook University

14.30 - 16.00 Science-policy exchange – Big ideas to connect landscapes, climate and developmentRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY

09.00 - 13.15 From farmer’s fields to landscapes – Food security in a new climate regime?Hosts: CCAFS, CTA, FANRPAN, CDKN, PwC

9.00 - 10.30

Day 2 – Sunday, 6 December

1.4. Amazon Fund, the world’s biggest conservation experiment? From results-based payment to the experiences on the ground

Host: Amazon FundRoom: 243

1.5. Uncertainty in tropical landscapes – Emerging data and models as a bridge between the past and visions for tomorrow

Hosts: IIASA, CIFOR, European Commission: Joint Research Centre and Directorate General for Climate Change ActionRoom: 241

7.30 Registration opens

Discussion Forums

Side Event

1.1. Putting pledges into practice in Latin America – An early assessment of Initiative 20×20

Hosts: WRI, CIATRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

1.2. Large-scale soil restoration for climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security – What’s in it for smallholder farmers?

Hosts: IASS, IDDRIRoom: 252A

1.3. Strengthening land and resource rights through REDD+ – Policy and practice successes

Hosts: USAID, ZALF, CIFOR, IIED, IUCNRoom: 253

10.30 - 11.30 Coffee break & finger food (All food served is vegetarian)

13.00 - 14.30 Lunch (All food served is vegetarian)

Landscapes and seascapes for food, nutrition and the environment – Exploring business, policy and science connections

Hosts: Stockholm Resilience Center, Bioversity International, CIAT, CIFORRoom: 241

13.15 - 14.15

Lunchtime Learning

Events

GeoJournalism – A new way to combine data, maps and online storytelling With experts from six leading geojournalism platforms

Hosts: Earth Journalism Network, Internews, Oak FoundationRoom: 252A

Enter the dragons’ den – Youth to pitch ideas for sustainable landscapesRoom: Salle Maillot

14.30 - 16.00

18.00 - 18.15 Short break

19.30 - 21.30 Cocktail reception

Facilitator: Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, and Under-Secretary-General of the UNSpeakers: • Minister Ségolène Royal, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France• Minister Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, Australia • Minister Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini, Minister of Agriculture, Costa Rica• Abdon Nababan, Secretary General, Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) and

representative of the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) • Mark Burrows, Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking Credit Suisse

Closing on behalf of Forum organizers: • Salina Abraham, International Forestry Students’ Association & Youth in Landscapes Initiative• Peter Holmgren, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

18.15 - 19.30 The way forwardRoom: Amphithéâtre BleuCLOSING

PLENARY

Youth Session

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Dragons: • Paula Caballero, Senior Director, World Bank • Steven Lawry, Director - Forests and Governance, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)• Bernard Giraud, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Danone• Tui Shortland, Managing Director, Repo Consultancy• Kemi Seesink, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Global Water Initiative• Tint Lwin Thaung, Executive Director, The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break & finger food (All food served is vegetarian)

16.30 - 18.00

Discussion Forums

1.1. Taking stock of REDD+ – Past, present and future

Hosts: CIFOR, GCF, Earth Innovation InstituteRoom: Amphithéâtre Bleu

1.4. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity for agriculture and food

Host: UNEPRoom: 253

1.2. Green growth compacts – How three states are pursuing a different industrial development

Hosts: TNC, GCFRoom: 252A

1.5. Fueling a debate – Sustainable wood energy as restoration option?

Hosts: BMZ, GIZ, ICRAFRoom: 243

1.3. Mobilizing finance for integrated landscape initiatives – Three scalable financial instruments

Hosts: European Investment Bank, Credit Suisse, Althelia Ecosphere, eco.business Fund, Global Canopy Programme, UNCCDRoom: 252B

1.6. Engaging the private sector in long-term solutions to end Indonesia’s forest fires and haze

Hosts: IPOP, GAR, Musim Mas, Wilmar, Asian Agri, Cargill, KADINRoom: 241

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Take part in dynamic, intimate and interactive knowledge-sharing activities at the seven Thematic Pavilions.

Thematic Pavilions Various locationsSee map

Sunday, 6 December

Time Pavilion Topic

13:00 - 13:45

Gender Perspectives Transforming climate change mitigation with gender integration – A fish-bowl discussion

Finance and Trade Investment opportunities for green growth – A Q&A

REDD+: From Frameworks to Implementation Equity in REDD+ governance – An open discussion

13:55 - 14:40 Food Security and Livelihoods What is climate justice? An open discussion

Nature and Climate Change Bioenergy in the landscape – An expert exchange

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Private sector engagement in landscapes – A scenario exploration

International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change

Learning about traditional Inuit knowledge and lifestyle – Conversation with an Inuit leader

14:50 - 15:35 Gender Perspectives Transforming climate change adaptation with gender integration – A fish-bowl discussion

Finance and Trade Financial innovation to support deforestation-free production with benefits for smallholders

REDD+: From Frameworks to Implementation Learning about REDD+: Storytelling

 

15:45 - 16:30 Food Security and Livelihoods How to ensure responsible practices along agricultural commodity supply chains? A multi-stakeholder dialogue

Nature and Climate Change Climate Smart Landscapes – Key ingredients for impact at scale

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Integrated landscape management for SDGs – An open discussion

International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change

The Global Call to Action on Land Rights – Conversation led by indigenous peoples from Asia

16:40 - 17:25 Gender Perspectives The big picture: Lessons for global climate policy – Group discussion

Finance and Trade Low carbon agriculture and forest economies in Brazil – Learning from local leaders

REDD+: From Frameworks to Implementation Performance assessment – Addressing the tough questions

17:30 – 18:15 Food Security and Livelihoods Agro-ecology for mitigation and adaptation – An expert exchange

Nature and Climate Change Tackling complexity in forest and landscape restoration – Sharing best practices

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Strengthening policy for integrated landscape management to support the SDGs – Agenda setting workshop

International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change

Indigenous Peoples and REDD+: Film screening and Q&A session

Be among the first to hear about exciting new initiatives, announced exclusively at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum. More details at landscapes.org/2015-launch.

Day 1 – Saturday, 5 December

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The Nakau Programme – Western Pacific Islands Regional Payments for Ecosystem Services Programme

Announcing … a rainforest protection initiative in the Pacific that pays rural landowners to care for their forests.

Who? Organizations teaming up for socially responsible approach to REDD+ in Small Island Developing States

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Launch of the Little Sustainable Landscapes Book

Announcing … evidence from 25 case studies, dozens of examples, surveys of hundreds of integrated landscape initiative leaders, and expertise from some of the world’s leading conservation and sustainable land-use groups.

Who? Consortium of environmental organizations, partners from civil society and business

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The Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS) – Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from land-based sectors, realizing REDD+

Announcing … a powerful system for tracking efforts to protect and restore forests and peatlands in Indonesia.

Who? Environment ministers from Indonesia and Australia

Day 2 – Sunday, 6 December

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Launch of two major African landscape initiatives

Announcing … AFR100 – Restoring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes in Africa by 2030 and the Africa Resilient Landscape Initiative.

Who? African ministers, and representatives from donors and investors

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Water: Shared – 125 cities and regions act for clean water from forests in Latin America

Announcing … an initiative by 125+ governments across the Andes to protect their upstream water sources by conserving their forests.

Who? Local authorities and environmentalists from Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia

12.15 -

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The South Sumatra Eco-Region Alliance – A partnership for change

Announcing … a major effort to protect Indonesia’s peatlands.

Who? A public–private partnership including national government officials, the Governor of South Sumatra, and a representative of a pulp & paper company.

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You are the Restoration Leaders

Announcing … major new commitments under the Bonn Challenge.

Who? National and subnational ministers, corporate leaders and officials

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Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan – Australia’s approach to this regional initiative including the launch of the Private Sector Roundtable and announcement of the host of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit

Announcing … a Private Sector Roundtable to facilitate private sector involvement in the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Recovery Plan, and details of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit.

Who? Australia’s environment minister, with counterparts from Asia-Pacific and private-sector partners

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New commitments under initiative 20×20

Announcing … new commitments under 2014’s Initiative 20×20, plus a private-sector financing mechanism managed by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Who? Ministers and regional leaders from across Latin America

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Realizing zero deforestation

Announcing … a new report on how 170+ of the world’s largest companies are managing key commodities linked to deforestation.

Who? CDP

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Natural infrastructure – A guide for business

Announcing … a new platform that makes the business case for investing in natural, or green, infrastructure, with case studies and tools for business.

Who? World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and business leaders Neil Hawkins, Corporate Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer at Dow; and Brandy Wilson, Global Director Sustainability at CH2M.

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Regional declaration to promote climate smart agriculture in Latin America

Announcing … an unprecedented joint effort to pool resources to tackle climate change from the land sector.

Who? Ministers in charge of land use from across Central America and the Carribean

Landscape RestorationPressure is mounting to get more food and raw materials from the land, large areas of which are already degraded. Soil and landscape restoration strategies are available, but the political will, research and resources are often lacking to put them into practice. Done smartly – underpinned by good, integrated research – landscape restoration can support efforts to achieve several Sustainable Development Goals.

Tenure and RightsThere is good evidence that sustainable landscape management is tied closely to strong customary tenure and clear, uncontested land rights. Conversely, deforestation and degradation go hand in hand with weak, poorly defined rights. Driven by this shift in thinking, the last few decades have seen a massive, if piecemeal and uneven, shift toward legal recognition of customary land rights and tenure.

Finance and TradeGlobal trade and finance constitute a fundamental driver of land-use decisions worldwide. Despite noteworthy initiatives and partnerships, we have yet to mobilize the capital to drive sustainable development, trade and sustainability are too often separated, and matching private finance to sustainable land uses is seldom easy. While the constraints are many, progress is being made, with lessons to share.

Achieving Climate and Development GoalsClimate change and development goals are intricately connected. To make progress, we need to measure progress, which means setting benchmarks and agreed metrics based on common, reliable information sources. Care is needed to ensure we track all aspects of the landscape – biophysical, socioeconomic, and cultural – at every scale. Much work remains to be done, but good research and examples of best practice highlight the way forward.

Background Briefs

The photos on display are winners and finalists in the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum Photo Competition. Voting for the people’s choice award continues until 14 December.

Cast your vote at landscapes.org/2015-photo

2015 Photo Exhibition

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Movie cornerStop by to watch beautiful stories of landscapes around the world, in videos submitted by partner organizations.

Explore the newest web portals, software and technology focusing on landscapes

Landscapes Laboratory

Learn more about the four themes of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum, and how these areas are integral to finding solutions for sustainable land use, in the Background Briefs, available for download from landscapes.org/2015-briefs.

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Pilgrims en route to the Nanda Devi temple, Uttarakhand, India. Every 12 years, thousands of pilgrims make the 200-kilometer trek through grasslands, fields and glaciers to worship the Himalayan goddess Nanda Devi. Devotees consider the monsoon rains to be the tears of the goddess – just one example of how spirituality cannot be separated from nature for communities in this rural landscape. Photo by Mukesh Khugsal