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2025 RESTORATION STEWARDS PROGRAM & GLFx CHAPTER NETWORK

Apply to join a growing restoration community by 28 July 2024

HYBRID CONFERENCE

The climate crisis is already ravaging landscapes and livelihoods, but it’s not too late to act: all across the globe, people are fighting back by restoring ecosystems and working with local communities to adapt.

If you are a young restoration practitioner or a community-based organization and would like to scale up the impact of your landscape projects, then this opportunity is for you!

Join us for two days packed with plenaries, interactive and expert sessions, launches and more, and learn from leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and policymakers as we pave together a fairer world ahead of COP28.

GLF Africa 2024: Greening the African Horizon

17 September 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya, and online

HYBRID CONFERENCE

Over 45% of Africa’s land is degraded - yet this continent’s vast natural resources offer countless opportunities for its people to champion sustainable landscape solutions and conserve precious ecosystems.

On 17 September, join us for a hybrid conference to find out how Africa can navigate the future of three shifting landscapes: forests and savannas, drylands, and freshwater and oceans.

Join us for two days packed with plenaries, interactive and expert sessions, launches and more, and learn from leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and policymakers as we pave together a fairer world ahead of COP28.

News

Find top stories, opinions and multimedia on global environmental issues

Elephant names, river rights and the climate cost of AI

News to know in the ThinkLandscape digest

10 Jul 2024
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Restoration

International organization seeks environmental champions worldwide

The GLF will fund youth-led initiatives and offer a bundle of international opportunities for community projects. Applications close 28 July. 

10 Jul 2024
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Measuring Progress

What are forever chemicals?

Why do they matter, and will they ever go away?

08 Jul 2024
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KNOWLEDGE

Explore our one-stop-shop for interviews, videos, papers and more related to resilient landscapes

EVENTS

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A global community to enable and accelerate action towards more sustainable landscapes

 Isabel Prestes da Fonseca Advocates for Atlantic Forest at UN
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Isabel Prestes da Fonseca Advocates for Atlantic Forest at UN

Representing GLFx Zàg Xókleng, Isabel shared her fight to save the sacred Zág tree at the UN's Nature Crime Alliance Working Group meeting. Learn more
Sustainable Solutions For Drylands
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Sustainable Solutions For Drylands

Learn how Claudine, a 2024 Drylands Restoration Steward, and her team are reviving dryland ecosystems, combating desertification, and strengthening resilience. Learn more

In the spotlight

Empowering Women in Conservation

Emem of GLFx Uyo chapter meets Ikot Akpabin's IkaWIC members to share knowledge and experiences, advancing the STIM-D community-led restoration project.

Youth Leading Forest Restoration

Discover how youth-driven initiatives are transforming forest restoration in the Philippines.

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Youth in Landscapes Initiative

Join a global network of more than 1M young people collaborating for justice and shared prosperity, and supporting thriving landscapes.

MEET THE 2024 RESTORATION STEWARDS

Trisa Bhattacharjee

Trisa Bhattacharjee

Jann Vinze Barcinal

Jann Vinze Barcinal

Kamanzi Claudine

Kamanzi Claudine

Maria Geane Magalhães Bastos

Maria Geane Magalhães Bastos

Anna Obi Akpe

Anna Obi Akpe

Dayana Blanco Quiroga

Dayana Blanco Quiroga

Steve Misati

Steve Misati

ACADEMY

Browse our offline and online courses and level up in building resilient landscapes

WHO WE ARE

We are the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement.

We are here to connect, share, learn and act.

The GLF is a platform for you to help us achieve a shared vision, mission and objective.

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Connect

Connect

Connect with thinkers and doers from around the world. GLF has connected 200,000 people from 185 countries.

Share

Share

Share your ideas and innovation with the GLF community through events, news, social media and other channels.

Learn

Learn

Learn about integrated landscape restoration through certified online and in-person courses.

Act

Act

Take action by attending a GLF event, digital summit, taking a course and applying knowledge to your community and more.