Lexeme Consulting in the News
Coastal First Nations - 6 July 2023: An Amazing Story, One of Tragedy and Resilience
GLOBAL PULSE CONFEDERATION
29 April 2016
Pulse crops and sustainability:
A framework to evaluate multiple benefits
United Nations Environment Programme - 3 September 2015: Government Subsidies for Agriculture May Exacerbate Deforestation, says new UN report
See UN Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim’s perspective on this topic (Thompson Reuters - 14 July 2017) here.
Global Landscapes Forum - 5 June 2015: UN-REDD – Fiscal incentives for agricultural commodity production: Options to forge compatibility with REDD+
As part of the Global Landscapes Forum side event Changing agricultural fiscal policies to stimulate sustainable economic growth, food production, and reduced deforestation. Panelists: Felipe Calderón, Chair, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and former President of Mexico; Maria Kiwanuka, Special Presidential Adviser, Uganda; Carlos A. Klink, Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Brazil; Pavan Sukhdev, CEO GIST Advisory, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and TEEBAgFood Special Adviser, and moderated by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations
Associated brief: Changing fiscal policies to grow more food without cutting forests
Wall Street Journal - 13 May 2015: Indonesia comes up short in $1 billion bid to save forests
ASB Partnership for the tropical forest margins blog - 13 April 2015: The link between production standards, the private sector and a landscape approach
The Guardian - 1 April 2015: Subsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than aid to prevent it and link to report
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Blog - 19 Dec 2014: Getting everyone to invest in integrated landscape management
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Blog - 6 Dec 2013: Risky business: A landscape approach to sustainable supply chains
CCAFS Blog - 18 Nov 2013: Can countries bankroll climate adaptation without undermining development?
GreenBiz - 3 May 2013: Starbucks, SABMiller take holistic approach to sustainability
World Agroforestry Centre Blog: From cocoa to coffee cup: Agribusinesses take a landscape approach to sustainable sourcing
EcoAgriculture Partners Blog: Taking Care of Business: Landscape Approaches to Reduce Risk
EcoAgriculture Partners Blog: Project-level insights for landscape-level PES
Blog was in response to a presentation by Gabrielle Kissinger and Martin Herold, given on 26 November 2012 at a UNFCCC COP18 side-event in Doha, Qatar, sharing findings from their recently published global assessment on the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation.
Mercado Ético - 28 Sept 2012 (Brazil) Agricultura é apontada como grande vilã do desmatamento
Mongabay - 27 Sept 2012: Agriculture causes 80% of tropical deforestation
ScienceDaily - 25 Sept 2012: Agriculture is the direct driver for worldwide deforestation
BioNews - 25 Sept 2012: Agriculture is the direct driver for worldwide deforestation
CCAFS Guest Blog: Addressing agricultural drivers of deforestation at the UNFCCC and view the SBSTA submission.
CCAFS Guest Blog: Commodity roundtables and avoided forest conversion in REDD+
Nature - 8 June 2011 (UK): Agriculture omitted from deforestation plans
Correio Braziliense - 9 June 2011 (Brazil): Brasil ensina o mundo a plantar e preserver
Deutsche Welle - 8 June 2011 (Germany)—Portuguese: Brasil oferece modelo agrícola sem elevação do desmatamento, diz estudo
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental de Amazonia - 9 June 2011 (Brazil): Considerada pelos países a principal causa do desmatamento, expansão agropecuária está fora das estratégias de REDD+
