Story | 07 Mar, 2017
Brazil paves the way for gender equity in forest and biodiversity conservation
The gender and environment landscape is slowly changing in Brazil – after several years of concerted effort by IUCN to further gender considerations, women have taken a strong lead at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and restoration efforts. On International Women’s Day, we reflect on…
Story | 17 Jan, 2017
People-centred governance and restoration
Restoration of the world’s ecosystems is a huge challenge. In many cases, restoration processes occur at a landscape scale and so require the coordinated decision making of many stakeholders and landowners including communities, governments and the private sector. Working across so many sectors…
Story | 04 Dec, 2016
STATEMENT: Brazil Announces Goal of Restoring 22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land by 2030
CANCÚN (December 3, 2016) –Today, Brazil’s Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment announced their intent to restore and promote sustainable agriculture…
Story | 30 Nov, 2016
Combined effort amplifies restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
In a new article published in World Development Perspectives, “Governance innovations from a multi-stakeholder coalition to implement large-scale Forest Restoration in Brazil,” the authors explore how bringing together the efforts of 270 groups made a stronger impact on forest landscape…
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
Atingir restauração da paisagem florestal (RPF) em larga escala depende do engajamento e compromisso de milhares de produtores rurais e comunidades. Adicionando políticas públicas, incentivos econômicos e financeiros, boa governança, abordagem multi-setorial e multi-ator e capacitação completa a…
Artículo | 20 Oct, 2016
El logro de la restauración del paisaje forestal a escala depende de la participación y el compromiso de miles de propietarios de tierras y comunidades. Para esto es necesario varios factores de éxito, tales como adecuadas políticas públicas, los incentivos económicos y financieros, buena…
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
Achieving forest landscape restoration (FLR) at scale is contingent upon the engagement and commitment of thousands of landowners and communities. Add conducive public policies, economic and financial incentives, good governance, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approaches and capacity-…
Artículo | 02 Sep, 2016
Restaurando bosques y paisajes forestales en apoyo al Desafío de Bonn
La continua degradación de tierras y bosques impone serios obstáculos para eliminar la pérdida de biodiversidad, la pobreza y el hambre en varias partes del mundo, limitando a su vez la capacidad de hombres y mujeres en comunidades locales para adaptarse a los impactos del cambio climático. Al…
Story | 08 Jul, 2016
Constructing common landscapes – reflections from Brazil’s Land Use Dialogue
Deciding how to manage a landscape is complex – the Land Use Dialogue (LUD) initiative is setting the groundwork for it to be more inclusive and responsive to local needs.