December 2015

2015 Global landscapes forum

5-6 December, 2015 – Paris, France

As world leaders convene in 2015 to agree on Sustainable Development Goals and a new climate deal, the Forum will leverage this historic opportunity to shape the world's development agenda for decades to come. Over the past two years, the Global Landscapes Forum has evolved into the world's leading platform for discussing land-use issues. In Paris, the Forum will bring together 2,500 stakeholders from across sectors, including forestry, agriculture, water, energy, law and finance. More

High level policy dialogue on investment in agricultural research for development (AR4D) in Asia-Pacific region

8-9 December, 2015 - Bangkok, Thailand

Considering that investments in national and international research programmes/platforms in the region need to be enhanced with appropriate policy support, priority setting, and sensitization of members with appropriate success stories of other members and partners, APAARI with ACIAR, FAO RAP, GFAR and IFPRI as core partners, has planned to organize a 'High Level Policy Dialogue on Investment in Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D1) in the Asia-Pacific Region', to explore the possibilities as well as modalities of mobilizing national, regional and international funding organizations and other interested donors to innovatively enhance financial and policy support for AR4D, and to develop appropriate strategies and a road map. More

2015 Canberra Conference on Earth System Governance: Democracy & Resilience in the Anthropocene 

14-16 December, 2015 – Canberra, Australia

This is the 6th Conference on earth system governance. The Conference will bring 250-300 leading researchers, early career scholars and policy experts from around the world to the Australian National University to engage in discussions on critical issues in social science governance research on the environment and sustainable development. More

The future faces of food and farming: regional challenges

17-18 December, 2015 - Bangkok, Thailand

The conference will be organized by the Royal Institute of Thailand (RIT) and will bring together policymakers and researchers to discuss and share relevant findings on the need to take into account interdependence of food, health, environment and society. Travel costs and accommodation for three nights plus meals will be covered for one author of each selected paper. More