Can landscape restoration projects generate the promised value and money or is it yet another aspirational concept unable to deliver?

Four years ago in Bonn, world leaders set a goal of restoring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands by 2020.

The motto of the Global Landscapes 2015 implies that everything is connected. Indeed, land use change and related issues are among major drivers of the changing climate. As the global leaders gather in Paris for the COP21, the Global Landscape Forum aims to leverage the opportunity to shape the global development agenda.

Zero net deforestation is the new standard for doing business in production of soy, beef, palm oil, paper, and other agricultural commodities.