Movie night: Life within planetary boundaries - Agroforestry

Movie screening
Mar 10, 2020 07:00 PM to Mar 10, 2020 09:00 PM.

How can we ensure our needs while simultaneously strengthening the world's ecosystems? This question is raised in the documentary Life within planetary boundaries, part 2 - Agroforestry.

Vibrant discussions when members and partners celebrated the Focali 10-year anniversary

Dec 04, 2019

The 5th of November the Focali network, hosted by GMV, celebrated it´s 10-year anniversary at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. Members and partners from a broad range of disciplines and institutions in Sweden and internationally participated in vibrant discussions on the thematic areas of Focali - forest, landscapes, climate and livelihood issues – as well as what role science and networks such as Focali can play in these times of populism and climate crisis.

Do multifunctional landscapes really benefit women?

Sep 12, 2019

Diversified land use is often promoted as solution to the pressures of increasing global demand for land and food. Moreover, proponents of multifunctional land use often claim the approach is highly beneficial for women. But are these benefits real? And if yes, what do these benefits entail?

Why indigenous hunting is essential to forest sustainability

Sep 11, 2019

Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?

Food production and gender relations in multifunctional landscapes: a literature review

Do multifunctional landscapes hold specific opportunities for women in enhancing food production and food security? Lisa Westholm (SLU) and Madelene Ostwald (GMV) find in this literature review that products controlled by women in multifunctional settings risk being ignored in decision-making, and that increasing the value of these products might have adverse effects on women's empowerment. To remove these barriers, traditional gender roles have to change.

Final Program Out - Focali Annual Meeting & 10-year Anniversary

Annual meeting
Nov 05, 2019 09:45 AM to Nov 06, 2019 02:00 PM.

Join us the 5-(6th) of November for the first ever Focali annual meeting and our 10-year anniversary. We welcome both Focali members and our partners to attend this oportunity to learn from and network with each other.

Forest Tenure Reform in the Amazon – A path to livelihoods and tenure security for local people?

Seminar
Sep 27, 2019 12:00 AM to Sep 27, 2019 02:30 PM.

Welcome to this Focali-LARRI-SIANI lunch seminar with guest speaker Iliana Monterroso from Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR in Perú.

Agenda 2030 in practice - lessons from socio-environmental work in Brazil

Seminar
Sep 18, 2019 11:15 AM to Sep 18, 2019 01:00 PM.

Welcome to this seminar with guest from CETRA a socio-environmental NGO working in Ceará north-eastern Brazil. They are visiting Sweden for international networking and knowledge exchange and are interested to meet researchers and others with experience, knowledge or interests related to socio-environmental work in practice as: small scale biogas, rainwater harvesting, agroforestry, agroecology and social cooperation.