Gabrielle and Lexeme Consulting in the news:


GreenBiz - 3 May 2013: Starbucks, SABMiller take holistic approach to sustainability


World Agroforestry Centre Blog: From cocoa to coffee cup: Agribusinesses take a landscape approach to sustainable sourcing

 

EcoAgriculture Partners Blog: Taking Care of Business: Landscape Approaches to Reduce Risk


EcoAgriculture Partners Blog: Project-level insights for landscape-level PES

CIFOR Blog: Scientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation and urge countries to take action at Doha

CIFOR Blog: Brave new world: the global trends changing the future of deforestation

Mercado Ético - 28 Sept 2012 (Brazil) Agricultura é apontada como grande vilã do desmatamento

Mongabay - 27 Sept 2012: Agriculture causes 80% of tropical deforestation

ScienceDaily - 25 Sept 2012: Agriculture is the direct driver for worldwide deforestation

BioNews - 25 Sept 2012: Agriculture is the direct driver for worldwide deforestation

CCAFS Guest Blog: Helping India lead the way in adapting smallholder farming to climate change

CCAFS Guest Blog: Addressing agricultural drivers of deforestation at the UNFCCC and view the SBSTA submission.

CCAFS Guest Blog: Commodity roundtables and avoided forest conversion in REDD+

Nature - 8 June 2011 (UK): Agriculture omitted from deforestation plans

Correio Braziliense - 9 June 2011 (Brazil): Brasil ensina o mundo a plantar e preserver

Deutsche Welle - 8 June 2011 (Germany)—Portuguese: Brasil oferece modelo agrícola sem elevação do desmatamento, diz estudo

Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental de Amazonia - 9 June 2011 (Brazil): Considerada pelos países a principal causa do desmatamento, expansão agropecuária está fora das estratégias de REDD+

Mongabay: Forest protection plans failing to address food needs


Select recent publications:

  • Kissinger, G., A. Brasser, and L. Gross, 2013. Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing. Washington, DC. EcoAgriculture Partners, on behalf of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative. Link to report and case studies.

  • Kissinger, G., C. Patterson, H. Neufeldt, 2013. Payments for ecosystem services schemes: project-level insights on benefits for ecosystems and the rural poor; ICRAF Working Paper no. 161. Link to report.
  • Kissinger, G., M. Herold, V. De Sy. Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation: A Synthesis Report for REDD+ Policymakers. Lexeme Consulting, Vancouver Canada, August 2012. Link to report.  Presentation (COP 18, Doha, Qatar).
  • Olander, L., C. Galik, G. Kissinger. Operationalizing REDD+: scope of reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Available online 23 August 2012.  In press.  Follow Link.
  • Co-editor of the book, Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change, forthcoming in early 2013, Springer.

  • Kissinger G. 2012. Corporate social responsibility and supply agreements in the agricultural sector: Decreasing land and climate pressures. CCAFS Working Paper no. 14. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. Link to report.


  • Kissinger G. 2011. Linking forests and food production in the REDD+ context. CCAFS Working Paper no. 1. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. Link to report and policy brief.
  • Kissinger, G. 2010. Draft WWF Discussion Paper: Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Social, Environmental and Governance Safeguards in REDD+, WWF.  Link to report.
  • Kissinger, G. 2010. Lessons Learned: Engaging Civil Society in REDD+ Programme (2009-2010), WWF. Link to report.
  • Kissinger, G., Sperling, F. 2010. A Critical Opportunity for Climate and Biodiversity Protection. WWF Norway, short-paper. Link to report.
  • Kissinger, G. 2010. The Link between Reducing Deforestation and Degradation and Biodiversity Conservation. WWF Norway.
Select recent projects:
  • Conservation finance options (including forest carbon offsets), strategy and implementation for a group of Canadian aboriginal communities.
  • Consultation policies and decision-support processes supporting a British Columbia First Nation in their self-governance, negotiations with the BC Province and third-parties.
  • Collaborated on learning modules and course curriculum for a Sustainable Finance and Accounting MBA course (University of Wales).