As we look toward the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, now is the critical time to share knowledge, create new thinking and identify and scale innovative solutions for landscape restoration that is inclusive and ensures the rights of all stakeholders. GLF Accra will begin with an energising session that aims to inspire participants, foster networking and relationship building and gather ideas and valuable inputs on the needs of the GLF community during this critical Decade.

If you are unable to attend the briefing, you can go straight to the interactive consultations.

09:30-11:00

Interactive Consultations

Youth

Hosts: Youth in Landscapes (YIL) with Global Landscapes Forum

Location: Main Hall

Restoration

Host: Global Landscapes Forum

Location: Networking Area

Rights

Hosts: Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) with COLANDEF, GLF Gender Constituency

Location: Consultation Pavilion

Gender

Location: Committee Hall 1

11:00-11:45

Coffee Break and Networking

11:10-11:40

Speed Networking

Location: Networking Area

11:45-12:30

Plenary: Sparking A Mass Restoration Movement RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Nana Ama Yirrah
Executive Director & Founder, COLANDEF
Kennedy Kirui
Co-founder and CEO, Tanasuk Africa
Horst Freiberg
Restoration Expert
Johnmary Kavuma
CEO, Upcycle Africa
DJ Switch
Erica Armah Bra-Bulu Tandoh
Siham Drissi
Programme Management Officer, UN Environment
Wanjira Maathai
Chair, Wangari Maathai Foundation (WMF)

12:30-13:30

Plenary: Restoring Africa’s Landscapes – From the Ground Up RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Constance Okollet
Chairperson, Osukuru United Women’s Network (OWN), Climate Wise Women
Rosemary Atieno
In-Country Lead, Kenya, Women’s Climate Center’s International
Portia Adu-Mensah
National Coordinator, 350.org (Ghana Reducing Our Carbon)
Basiru Isa
IPMG
Dave Ojay
Founder, NAAM Festival
Nana Yaw Osei-Darkwa
Convenor and Founder, The Green Republic
John Colmey
Managing Director, GLF

13:30-15:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00-14:45

Launchpad: Landscape and Jurisdictional Approaches to Sustainable Land Management

Hosts: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with International Climate Initiative (IKI), Governing Multifunctional Landscapes (GML)

Location: Committee Hall 2

Speakers:

Houria Djoudi
Senior Scientist, CIFOR
George Schoneveld
Senior Scientist, CIFOR

14:20-14:50

Speed Networking

Location: Networking Area

15:00-16:30

Interactive Session: Accelerating the Implementation of REDD+ and Results-based Payments in Africa RECORDED

Host: (UN REDD Programme) FAO, UNDP and UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Location: Main Hall

Interactive Session: Peatlands Restoration, Conservation and Sustainable Management as an Effective Solution to Climate Change Challenges in Africa with a Focus on the Nile Basin

Hosts: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with Global Peatlands Initiative

Location: Committee Hall 1

Workshop: Understanding Rural Youth Migration and its Leading Factors

Host: Youth in Landscapes (YIL)

Location: Meeting Room 1

Workshop: Operationalizing Landscape Approaches for Nature, Development and Sustainability in Ghana and Zambia

Hosts: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with University of Amsterdam

Location: Meeting Room 2

16:30-16:45

Transition to Main Hall

16:45-17:45

Afternoon Plenary: Restoring Africa’s Landscape – Connecting Efforts RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Richard Eba'a Atyi
Senior Scientist and Hub Leader, CIFOR
Akosua Frema Osei-Opare
Chief of Staff, Seat of Government in Ghana (Jubilee House)
Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda
The Nnabagereka (Queen), Kingdom of Buganda, Uganda
Bernhard Worm
Senior Policy Officer, BMZ
Stewart Maginnis
Global Director, Nature Based Solutions Group, IUCN
Mmabatho Motsamai
Managing Director, The Afrolutionist
Mamadou Diakhite
Senior Manager of the Sustainable Land and Water Management, NEPAD

18:00-19:00

Interactive Session: Enhancing Natural Resource Governance in Ghana

Hosts: IUCN Ghana with A Rocha Ghana, SNV Ghana

Location: Committee Hall 1

19:00-22:00

Reception and Evening Concert by DJ Switch and Rocky Dawuni

Location: Outside Garden

Speakers:

Rocky Dawuni
International Artist and Humanitarian
DJ Switch
Erica Armah Bra-Bulu Tandoh

GLF Accra 2019

Accra: UTC/GMT

07:30-08:45

Registration

09:00-19:00

AsaseFest

Location: AsaseFest Area (Lobby)

09:00-10:30

Launchpad: Scaling Up the High Conservation Value (HCV) Approach

Hosts: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with HCV Resource Network

Location: Committee Hall 2

Interactive Session: Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities: How Secure Resource Rights Help Communities in Africa Restore Forests and Build Local Economies

Hosts: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) with World Agroforestry (ICRAF), CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA), CGIAR People, Institutions and Markets (PIM)

Location: Committee Hall 1

Interactive Session: Sustainable Rangeland Management in a Changing Environment: An Introduction to Good Practices RECORDED

Hosts: TerrAfrica with World Bank

Location: Main Hall

Presentation:

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Consultation: The Network of African Women Environmentalists

Host: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Location: Meeting Room 3

09:00-11:00

Workshop: Removing the Blinders – Shifting Mindsets Through Connected Thinking for Better Landscapes

Hosts: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with Design Thinking Ghana Hub

Location: Meeting Room 1

10:30-11:15

Coffee Break and Networking

11:15-12:45

Plenary: The Decade to Act RECORDED

Hosts: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Landscapes Forum

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Elke Steinmetz
Political Advisor, German Federal Ministries for the Environment (BMU)
Amath Pathe Sene
Lead Environment and Climate for West and Central Africa, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Nora Berrahmouni
Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
Musonda Mumba
Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU), UN Environment
Stewart Maginnis
Global Director, Nature Based Solutions Group, IUCN
Mamadou Diakhite
Senior Manager of the Sustainable Land and Water Management, NEPAD
Caleb Ofori Boateng
Herpetologist
Nelson Godfried Agyemang
CEO, Coalition of Farmers Ghana (COFAG)
Miss Agriculture Ghana 2018, Miss Afriyie Obeng-Fosu
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana

12:45-14:15

Lunch

14:15-15:45

Interactive Session: Third Dialogue on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and Bioenergy RECORDED

Hosts: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Energy Agency Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Program (IEA Bioenergy), International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA

Location: Main Hall

Interactive Session: Burning Money in Landscapes? – Firefighting the Economic and Ecologic Damages of Bushfires

Hosts: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Location: Committee Hall 2

Interactive Session: Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge to Address Climate Change – Lessons Learned from Around the World

Hosts: World Bank with Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

Location: Committee Hall 1

Workshop: How Would You Approach Landscape Governance? Help Us Sort out Lessons from African Landscapes

Host: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Location: Meeting Room 1

15:45-16:20

Coffee Break and Networking

16:20-16:25

Musical Performance by Shade RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speaker:

Amos Nii Yartey, SHADE
Musician and Green Republic Project Ambassador

16:25-16:30

Inspirational Talk RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speaker:

Bernice Dapaah
Executive Director, Ghana Bamboo Bikes

16:30-17:30

Plenary: African Women in Sustainable Business and Environment Management RECORDED

Host: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Musonda Mumba
Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU), UN Environment
Nora Berrahmouni
Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
Eric Koka
COCOBOD
Sheila Shefo Mbiru
Board Treasurer, The Network for Natural Gums and Resins in Africa (NGARA)
Alima Sagito Saeed
Executive Director , Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency
Geoffrey Sam
Principal Extension Officer, COCOBUD
Violet Amoabeng
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Skin Gourmet Limited

17:30-17:35

Inspirational Talk

Speaker:

His Majesty Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin Okyenhene
King of Akyem Abuakwa

17:35-18:10

Closing Plenary RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speakers:

Joselyn Dumas
Joselyn Canfor-Dumas Foundation
Rael Teresa Adhiambo
Analyst in the Earth and Space Sciences Schedule, National Commission for Science and Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)

18:10-18:15

Musical Performance by Shade RECORDED

Location: Main Hall

Speaker: