Press Release – Global Landscapes Forum (3 June 2021) LUXEMBOURG-CITY, LUXEMBOURG and BONN, GERMANY The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are launching the Luxembourg-GLF Finance for Nature Platform a partnership to expand the emerging market for global …
(3 June 2021) LUXEMBOURG-CITY, LUXEMBOURG and BONN, GERMANY – The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are launching the Luxembourg-GLF Finance for Nature Platform – a partnership to expand the emerging market for global sustainable finance and to promote nature-based solutions to climate change, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. The collaboration is initially planned for the period 20212024 and has been launched in the context of the GLF Africa Digital Conference.
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 6:01 am
Find out at GLF Africa, 2–3 June
2021
BONN, Germany (25 May 2021) –
Almost half of Africa’s landscape is made up of drylands,
which are areas that suffer from high water scarcity and are
especially vulnerable to land degradation. Africa’s
drylands are home to over 500 million people, who depend
primarily on rain-fed agriculture and livestock husbandry
for their livelihoods.
Yet these livelihoods now face
three interconnected threats: climate change, armed
conflict, and the economic fallout from the COVID-19
pandemic.
Over 1.3
million people face starvation in Madagascar, while 29
million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in
the Sahel – and this may be just the tip of the iceberg.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 5:27 am
DID YOU KNOW that the Aral Sea in Central Asia, once the
world’s fourth-largest inland water body, has almost
disappeared due to overuse of its water, as well as the
planet’s climate crisis? The destruction of this once-vast
water body is endangering the livelihoods and food security
of 40 million people who live in the region. Declining
groundwater levels and saline soil in this area demand use
of water-saving technologies, crop diversification, and
high-efficiency irrigation to ensure adequate food security.
Innovations in landscape restoration, particularly in
agriculture, are essential. Such positive change is possible
with the help of creative technologies and innovative
Researchers, NGOs and businesses show how to transform the global food system, locally.
During the Global Landscapes Forum’s Biodiversity Digital Conference 2020, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) brought together practitioners from four projects funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through its International Climate Initiative for a global learning and knowledge-exchange event.
Public- and private-sector experts from both the global South and the global North shared their experience and insights into the economic gains of biodiversity-friendly food production.
The COVID-19 pandemic has starkly revealed the vulnerability of the world’s food systems to shocks. The post-COVID decade must be managed in a way that builds future resilience. Local and global circular economies that advance biodiverse agricultural landscapes are the way forward.