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2025: A year powered by community action
Together, we learned, connected and moved forward. See what’s shaping our path into 2026.
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Can synthetic biology save nature?
In TalkLandscape #9, learn how synthetic biology is being used to promote conservation – and how to manage the various risks involved.
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GLF Africa 2026: Stewarding Our Rangelands
In the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, GLF Africa 2026 returns with a special edition highlighting these landscapes and their communities.
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2025: A year powered by community action
Together, we learned, connected and moved forward. See what’s shaping our path into 2026.
SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS
Can synthetic biology save nature?
In TalkLandscape #9, learn how synthetic biology is being used to promote conservation – and how to manage the various risks involved.
ADD TO CALENDAR
GLF Africa 2026: Stewarding Our Rangelands
In the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, GLF Africa 2026 returns with a special edition highlighting these landscapes and their communities.
REGISTER NOW
2025 IN REVIEW
From communities joining forces and influential voices shaping global conversations, to new learning spaces and collaborative tools for landscape action, the year showcased the power of working together.
Explore our 2025 year in review – and the insights, lessons and inspiration guiding us into 2026 and beyond.
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News
Find top stories, opinions and multimedia on global environmental issues
Radical, rooted and resilient: Future visions for African landscapes
12 African leaders share their hopes for the continent’s future
Chile nationalized its copper mines. Here’s what happened next
Lessons from one country’s bold move to control its minerals
What you should know about rangelands and pastoralism
Often maligned as unused land, rangelands are vital landscapes stewarded by millions of pastoralists globally
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Can synthetic biology save nature?
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The 2026 climate event guide
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Food & Livelihoods
A turning tide: The Mindanao villagers growing mangroves and hope
29 Dec 2025
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2025 Restoration Stewards at the African Youth Biodiversity Summit in Rwanda
Zuhura Ahmad, 2025 Ocean Restoration Steward, is showing what community-led restoration looks like through women’s empowerment. DISCOVER MORE
2025 Restoration Stewards at the GLF community and action assembly in Latin America and Caribbean
Baruch Aguilar Mena and Raquel Pereira Viana, 2025 Restoration Stewards, share their experiences and perspectives about community-led restoration in Brazil DISCOVER MOREIn the spotlight
GLFx Juba: Nature-based solution for climate change
In South Sudan, local leadership is driving meaningful change on the ground.GLFx Java: Following the Roots Documentary Premiered at GLF Climate 2025
'Following the Roots' is a journey of hope, resilience, and renewal told through the eyes of farmers in West Java.
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 2025 RESTORATION STEWARDS
Sydner Kemunto
Raquel Pereira Viana
Shaik Imran
Joel Ngobi
Kristel C. Quierrez
Zuhura Ahmad Shaweji
Baruch Aguilar Mena
LANDSCAPE ACADEMY
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Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes
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Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet
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