by Mike Keller | Jul 30, 2024 | 1000L News, Events, Landscape Partnerships, Landscapes and Food Systems, Partner News
The West Virginia forest buzzed with energy in June. But it wasn’t the much-heralded emergence of noisy cicadas that caused all the commotion. It was the gathering of members of a global partnership dedicated to reimagining humanity’s relationship by uniting...
by Mike Keller | Apr 27, 2024 | 1000L News, Biodiversity and Landscapes, Landscape Partnerships, Landscape Restoration and Management
It was a hot and sunny afternoon in a village nestled within Ecuador’s Chocó Andino de Pichincha Biosphere Reserve when the door to a more sustainable and just society opened in Natalia Ruiz-Guevara’s mind. The Peruvian forest engineer and Latin American Model Forest...
by Delaina Castillo | Jun 2, 2022 | 1000L News
The 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People (1000L) initiative is thrilled to announce that the Laudes Foundation will continue funding our work to boost livelihoods and restore ecosystems through a new grant. By providing a new round of funding to 1000L co-convener...
by David Hecht | Jan 14, 2022 | Finance and Economics, Landscape Partnerships, Landscape Restoration and Management
A flurry of conservation- and landscape-finance developments took place late in 2021, spurred on by November’s UN climate conference (COP26) and others associated with it. The private sector, governments and development banks offered bold financial pledges and...
by Seth Shames | Jan 11, 2022 | Finance and Economics, Landscape Partnerships
Agribusiness companies are shifting their operations and corporate mission statements in ways that would be unheard of just a few short years ago. Their objectives are lofty–finding ways to future-proof their supply chains while addressing environmental degradation,...
by David Hecht | Dec 14, 2021 | Finance and Economics, Finance Team Newsletter
Landscape finance was the talk of the town in Glasgow, Scotland, during November’s UN COP26 climate conference and another held by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). In this edition of the 1000L Finance Solutions Design Team newsletter, we review some of the critical...
by Delaina Castillo | Dec 8, 2021 | Events, Finance and Economics, Landscape Partnerships, Landscape Restoration and Management
The world faces many critical challenges, from climate change to crushing rural poverty, massive species decline and widespread land degradation. More and more, businesses are joining governments and civil society to create solutions bold enough to have a global...
by Delaina Castillo | Nov 19, 2021 | Events, Landscape Restoration and Management
Throughout history, people thought that economic gain and environmental protection stood in conflict with one another. The two were seen as opposing players in a zero-sum game–one could not advance without hurting the other. But today, many recognize that the...
by David Hecht | Oct 18, 2021 | Events, Finance and Economics
This article is the third part of our series covering happenings at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress. See the first installment on how landscapes are vital to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss here. To learn about the need for a new vision for...
by David Hecht | Oct 12, 2021 | Finance and Economics, Finance Team Newsletter
Activity continues to bubble over in the world of landscape finance. So many people are talking about place-based investment, conservation finance and systems-change finance that it’s challenging to keep up with all of the most relevant reports and news. The 1000...
