Lotta Samuelson

Guidance, methods and frameworks · 01 Apr 2021

Landscape restoration training manual

Policy publications · 15 Mar 2018

Water pollution data in the Baltic Sea basin: A local to regional approach

Feature · 11 Jun 2024

Taking root: locally driven forest landscape restoration

Forest and tree cover play a vital role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. As the globe begins to better understand climate change, restoration initiatives are beginning to take root.

Feature · 22 Oct 2021

5 ways a focus on nature can boost climate action

This month will see two gigantic global meetings to reverse dangerous trends on biodiversity loss and climate change. The world has everything to gain from addressing these two issues simultaneously. Here are five ways to do this with the help of water.

Feature · 09 Sept 2021

Indigenous communities show pathway to managing the forest-water nexus

News · 06 Sept 2021

Join our new course on forests and water

News · 21 May 2021

Celebrate Biodiversity Day by remembering water

On 22 May the world is observing Biodiversity Day, amidst growing alarm over the unprecedented loss of species. Since all living organisms depend on water, we must pay more attention to the role of water in ecosystems to stem the escalating trend.

News · 22 Apr 2021

Are forests crucial to reaching our climate targets?

By taking better care of our forests and watersheds we could reach the targets of the Paris Agreement faster – so what is stopping us? In the lead-up to Earth Day, 22 April, this was discussed in a SIWI-hosted webinar focused on the growing role of nature-based solutions.

News · 10 Mar 2021

Create new incentives to avert a food crisis

Global hunger is rising again, and Covid-19 is not the only reason. More and more countries face the risk of ecosystems collapsing, which can cause a food and water crisis. But with better management of water and landscapes, the dangerous trend can be reversed.

News · 13 Oct 2020

Protecting our landscapes to save our ecosystems

According to a new report, one fifth of nations are at risk of ecosystem collapse. To avert growing hunger and conflict, the world needs to focus on sustainable landscape management. In a new series of webinars, SIWI and partners explore how this can be achieved.

News · 20 May 2020

Biodiversity is the basis for our existence, and it’s under threat

May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, a celebration with a concerning undertone. Biodiversity is the basis for our existence, but it’s increasingly under threat from destructive land use, climate change, pollution and other factors which impede or destroy it.

News · 16 Jan 2020

Nature-based solutions a part of solving the crisis

Many seminars at COP25 in Madrid focused on so-called nature-based solutions. This means taking advantage of nature to provide sustainable, cost-effective, versatile and flexible solutions to climate problems, using the characteristics of natural ecosystems.