Presentation by Peter Holmgren, CIFOR-IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food, Forests, and Landscapes -...

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Food, Forests and Landscapes – solutions for Sustainable Development Peter Holmgren, Director-General CIFOR Washington DC, 24 June 2013

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CIFOR-IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food, Forests, and Landscapes - Solutions for Sustainable Development" with Shenggen Fan, IFPRI, Peter Holmgren, CIFOR, and Geeta Sethi, The World Bank.

Transcript of Presentation by Peter Holmgren, CIFOR-IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food, Forests, and Landscapes -...

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2. VisionCIFOR vision: Forests (and Landscapes) on the agenda their values recognized Decisions that influence forests and people supportedby solid science and principles of good governance 3. 4. Founded in 1993 after Earth Summit inRio de Janeiro; 2013 is 20th Anniversary Founding sponsors wereAustralia, Sweden, Switzerland and theUS Headquartered in Indonesia with 200+scientists globally 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Easy to understand Applies to any scale Applies to any location Measurable Sustainability can meanimprovement over time 10. 11. 12. 13. Climate changeFood and nutritionLivelihoods, income Green growthAgriculture, resilienceBiodiversity 14. 15. 19 practises in 12 countries and 3 continents. 80% of base scenarios show >14% IRR 16. Monitoring ofsustainabilityoutcomes ataggregated levels 17. 18. ..our forests and waterways, our croplands and snow-capped peaks.