King and Queen of Sweden visit CIFOR, Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter thematic event in Jakarta, and more… oil
 
Inside Indonesia’s fires and haze

Led by CIFOR, the Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter thematic event in Jakarta successfully employed multi-directional and multi-stakeholder dialogues in practice, implementing a community-first and people-centered approach to peatlands management.

  • Read about the Forum highlights here, revisit the day through our videos here, and find all related media coverage here.
  • Missed the event? Read the main messages in the Outcome Statement and the Donor & Partner Event Report.
  • Stay connected with the GLF! Engage in discussions, debates and more through new GLF Reddit threads (only available in some countries due to Web restrictions) on peatlands, the landscape approach and more.
  • Keep an eye on landscapes.org for upcoming events, webinars, online seminars and other interactive ways to continue connecting, sharing, learning and acting.
  • Have ideas on how to increase engagement through the GLF around landscapes? Reach out to the GLF organizing team to brainstorm, connect and take action.
EVENT COVERAGE
A ROYAL VISIT
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden visited CIFOR headquarters in Bogor on May 22. They attended a seminar where scientists from CIFOR and Indonesian officials and business leaders analyzed the crucial role of forestry in sustainable development.
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST
How Indonesian community leaders are fighting back to preserve their peatlands
SEE ALSO
Livelihoods: Global market demands and ecological conditions force ground-level change
Policymaking: Can local communities and legislation stop Indonesian peatfires?
LANDSCAPES
PRESERVING PERU’S PEATLANDS
Dennis del Castillo from the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) sits down with Forests News in a video Q&A to discuss how Peru can learn from Indonesia's experience
SEE ALSO
Climate change: Measuring the wealth of carbon stocks in peatlands
Wetlands: Congo’s hidden carbon
Governance: UNEP’s Lera Miles on why the international community should do its part to help Congo Basin countries preserve their newly-discovered peatlands
FOREST MANAGEMENT
WET AND WILD: INDONESIAN FOREST FIRES
Why blazes can ignite, even in damp conditions
REDD+
TOO SOON TO BURY
Scientists argue that REDD+, though troubled, is not dead
BIOENERGY
THE POWER OF PEATLANDS
Sustainable bioenergy from tropical peat forests
SEE ALSO
Restoration: Local initiatives like canal blocking are helping to restore degraded peatlands
SATELLITE MAPPING
THE VIEW FROM SPACE

How satellites can help map and monitor critical peat landscapes

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
ANNUAL REPORT
CIFOR Annual Report 2016: Putting forests and people on the global agenda
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BRIEF
From perceptions and discourses to policy content: A mixed method analysis of peatland fire management in Indonesia
ARTICLE
Natural Resource Management Schemes as Entry Points for Integrated Landscape Approaches: Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso
ARTICLE
Analyzing REDD+ as an experiment of transformative climate governance: Insights from Indonesia
ARTICLE
Bushmeat and human health: assessing the evidence in tropical and sub-tropical forests
ARTICLE
Gender bias affects forests worldwide
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