Forests, climate and livelihoods are interconnected

Forests can play a vital part for both climate- and poverty issues; in reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases and as a source of income for poor people that depend on the forest for their livelihood.

Multifunctional landscapes

Many Focali researchers focus on synergies and trade-offs between different land-uses in the landscape, such as interactions between forests and agriculture

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Events

SIANI Annual Meeting 2018

Workshop
Jan 24, 2018 10:00 AM to Jan 24, 2018 03:00 PM.

Invitation from Focali´s partner SIANI to participate in the SIANI Annual Meeting 2018: Nutrition for everyone everywhere. Get the opportunity to interact with SIANI's members and explore how the network and its member can contribute to the global nutrition agenda.

Global Landscapes Forum 2017

Conference
Dec 19, 2017 09:00 AM to Dec 20, 2017 07:00 PM.

Don’t forget to register for the world’s largest science-led multi-sectoral platform for integrated land use - Global Landscape Forum; December 2017 in Bonn, Germany. Focali, SIANI and SLU global will host a booth at the Development Solutions pavilion, and Focali member Aida Bargués Tobella will present her research at the session on rainfall recycling, together with FTA and IUFRO. Join us!

Hur får vi leverantörskedjor fria från avskogning? Ett samtal om möjligheter mellan forskare, utövare och privata aktörer

Seminar
Dec 08, 2017 09:00 AM to Dec 08, 2017 03:30 PM.

Focali tillsammans med SIANI bjuder in till ett heldagsseminarium om hållbara leverantörskedjor för att minska avskogning, fredag den 8 december 2017 i Göteborg. Alla forskare, studenter, beslutsfattare, privata aktörer och organisationer intresserade av drivkrafter bakom avskogning och kopplingar till import/konsumtion och hållbara leverantörskedjor är välkomna att delta under seminariet.

Agroforestrykonferens 2017, SLU Alnarp

Konferens
Nov 16, 2017 12:00 AM to Nov 17, 2017 12:00 AM.

Välkomna till den tredje nationella agroforestrykonferensen med temat: Inspiration i Världen - Praktik i Sverige.

Det skogliga biståndet så här långt - Vad hände och vad blev det av det?

Seminarium
Oct 31, 2017 09:30 AM to Oct 31, 2017 04:00 PM.

Välkomna till heldags-seminarium om erfarenheter och lärdomar från det skogliga biståndet i Sverige. Anmälan senast 24 oktober.

Reducing Inequality in a Turbulent World: Scaling-up strategies to secure indigenous, community, and women’s land rights

Conference
Oct 04, 2017 12:00 AM to Oct 06, 2017 12:00 AM.

3rd International Conference on Scaling-up Efforts to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights. The event is co-organized by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI), and the International Foundation for Science (IFS).

FLARE 3rd Annual Meeting

Conference
Sep 29, 2017 12:00 AM to Oct 02, 2017 12:00 AM.

Register before September 8th! Take the chance to attend this large international conference on Forests & Livelihoods at Stockholm University. Focali is part of the Coordination Committee together with SIANI, SEI and Stockholm University.

Agri4D 2017 Conference - Registration open!

Conference
Sep 20, 2017 08:00 AM to Sep 21, 2017 06:00 PM.

This year Focali researchers will lead two session at the two-day Agriculture for Development conference, for researchers and professionals working with and/or interested in agriculture for development.

Call for abstracts: IUFRO Congress - Interconnecting Forests, Science and People

Congress
Sep 19, 2017 09:00 AM to Sep 22, 2017 05:00 PM.

Focali member Lisa Westholm co-arrange the panel “Gender, climate policy and the future of the forests”. Abstract deadline has been extended to December 15.

Irrigating Forests with Wastewater - natural and effective water treament?

Seminar
Aug 27, 2017 04:00 PM to Aug 27, 2017 05:30 PM.

At this year's World Water Week in Stockholm Focali is co-organizing this event together with e.g. SIWI, the Swedish Forest Agency, FAO and CIFOR.

World Water Week 2017

Conference
Aug 27, 2017 12:00 AM to Sep 01, 2017 12:00 AM.

Register now! This year’s theme: Water and Waste - Reduce and Reuse will tackle some of the biggest and most complex challenges facing water professionals today.

Almedalen seminarium: Feminism och skog – en kärleksaffär

Seminarium
Jul 05, 2017 08:00 AM to Jul 05, 2017 08:45 AM.

Skogen är viktig för den globala livsmedelsförsörjningen! Kvinnor har en nyckelroll i utvecklingen av hållbart brukande av skogslandskapet. Kan Sverige, med vår höga andel kvinnligt ägarskap och företagande i skogssektorn bidra med erfarenhet till en hållbar utveckling globalt?

Launch of the HLPE Report on Sustainable Forestry

Launch event
Jun 27, 2017 09:30 AM to Jun 27, 2017 12:30 PM.

Focali will report from the event, when High-Level panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) launch their report on the topic of “sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition” at the FAO Headquarters in Rome on June 27th.

Vattnets betydelse i landskapsrestaurering

Workshop
Apr 19, 2017 09:30 AM to Apr 19, 2017 12:30 PM.

Swedish Water House startar en ny klustergrupp – ”Vatten i landskapet”. Till denna workshop bjuder de in aktörer som redan är aktiva i svenska och globala restaureringsprojekt, och aktörer som de bedömer har angelägen kunskap som kan användas mer. Syftet är ge en stärkt insikt och förståelse för kopplingen mellan hydrologi och produktiva landskap. Målsättningen är att gruppen ska ha positiv inverkan på det internationella arbetet med att restaurera degraderade landskap.

Cool insights for a hot world - the symposium

Virtual Symposium
Mar 21, 2017 09:00 AM to Mar 22, 2017 12:00 PM.

CGIAR presents a virtual Symposium on the topic of Trees and Forests Recycle Water and Modify Climate. The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry is hosting a virtual symposium on the linkages of forests, water and climate on the occasion of the International Day of Forests (21 March) and World Water Day (22 March).

How Swedish media report on climate change?

Launch event
Feb 21, 2017 09:00 AM to Feb 21, 2017 10:00 AM.

Vi-Agroforestry will launch the report: Warmer climate - an ice cold news? (in Swedish). Welcome to the launch with panel discussion and breakfast!

Tanzania’s forests: Local and global challenges and opportunities

Seminar
Jan 30, 2017 01:30 PM to Jan 30, 2017 02:30 PM.

SLU Global presents a seminar with August Temu.

Forest devolution in China

Seminar
Jan 20, 2017 10:00 AM to Jan 20, 2017 12:00 PM.

Yuanyuan Yi, PhD student at Department of Economics, GU, will give two back-to-back seminars on Forest Devolution in China based on chapters of the upcoming PhD-thesis.

New insights into the carbon cycle of tropical forests from a global monitoring network

Seminar
Dec 08, 2016 03:00 PM to Dec 08, 2016 04:00 PM.

Seminar with Yadvinder Malhi, Professor at University of Oxford, at the GU Botany building 8 December. Prof Malhi will also act as opponent when Brigitte Nyirambangutse defend her thesis “Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Afromontane Tropical Forests at Different Successional Stages" the 9th of December.

The Amazon in the new globalized context - seminar with prize laureate Professor Carlos Nobre

Nov 29, 2016 01:00 PM to Nov 29, 2016 04:00 PM.

This seminar at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences focuses on the Amazon, celebrating Volvo Environment Prize laureate Professor Carlos Nobre’s work. Focali member Martin Persson will hold a presentation at the seminar on the links between deforestation in the Amazon and global consumption of beef and soy.

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