Videos
Interview with Yacouba Sawadogo – GLF Bonn 2018
5 Dec 2018
Yacouba Sawadogo is known as “the man who stopped the desert”. Born around 1946 in the province of Yatenga in Northern Burkina Faso, and after attending Koranic school in Mali, Sawadogo returned to Yatenga to work as a salesman at a local market. Severe droughts in the region around 1980 marked a turning point in […]
Interview with Stefan Schmitz – GLF Bonn 2018
5 Dec 2018
Stefan Schmitz is Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the “One World – No Hunger” Initiative at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn. For the last eight years he has been leading the rural development, agriculture and food security work at BMZ. From 2007 until 2009 he worked as senior […]
LEADERSHIP 101: Step-by-step guide to sparking action: Voices from the Landscapes
5 Dec 2018
In starting a new initiative, step 1 is often the hardest to take. This session brings together six incredible community leaders who have not only taken the first step toward creating the change they want to see in the world, but who have also gone on and achieved it. Bringing leading speakers from the ‘Voices […]
Launchpad: A Philosophy of Landscapes
5 Dec 2018
Commonland’s framework focuses on generating 4 returns (social, natural, financial and inspirational) via a stakeholder management process in 3 landscape zones (natural, combined and economic zones), to develop investable business cases with long time horizons of at least one generation.
Satya S. Tripathi – Closing Plenary 2018
4 Dec 2018
Looking forward to 2019 and beyond, the GLF is quickly gaining momentum in its mission to create landscapes that are not only more productive, profitable, equitable and resilient but also securing the benefits and rights of the people within them. We will take this opportunity to announce the GLF’s calendar and intentions for the new […]
Koketso – Closing Plenary GLF Bonn 2018
4 Dec 2018
Looking forward to 2019 and beyond, the GLF is quickly gaining momentum in its mission to create landscapes that are not only more productive, profitable, equitable and resilient but also securing the benefits and rights of the people within them. We will take this opportunity to announce the GLF’s calendar and intentions for the new […]
Joan Carling – Closing Plenary GLF Bonn 2018
4 Dec 2018
Looking forward to 2019 and beyond, the GLF is quickly gaining momentum in its mission to create landscapes that are not only more productive, profitable, equitable and resilient but also securing the benefits and rights of the people within them. We will take this opportunity to announce the GLF’s calendar and intentions for the new […]
Robert Nasi – Closing Plenary GLF Bonn 2018
4 Dec 2018
Looking forward to 2019 and beyond, the GLF is quickly gaining momentum in its mission to create landscapes that are not only more productive, profitable, equitable and resilient but also securing the benefits and rights of the people within them. We will take this opportunity to announce the GLF’s calendar and intentions for the new […]
Keynote – Opening Plenary GLF Bonn 2018
4 Dec 2018
Opening Plenary – GLF Bonn 2018
4 Dec 2018
With GLF Bonn 2018’s theme of ‘commitment to action,’ the Opening Plenary will bring together global leaders to tell why they have chosen to be a part of the GLF in their personal missions to improve global landscapes – not only on paper, but in reality. In line with the GLF’s core themes (restoration, food […]
