New Vision for Earth Film Festival 2025: FORESTS POP-UP!
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Findings from a New Global Assessment on Forests for Social and Economic Resilience
Given the increasingly rapid, unpredictable, and unprecedented global changes linked to the Triple Planetary Crisis of pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss, fostering resilience has become a key policy issue. Forests as Pillars of Social and Economic Resilience. A Global Assessment Report responds to this urgent context. It has been developed by a team of internationally recognized scientists from varied professional backgrounds and geographical contexts under the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).
The report is the first of its kind to comprehensively explore how forests contribute to social and economic resilience in the face of disturbance and change, and how societies can, in turn, support and steward resilient forest systems.
By focusing on the dynamic interlinkages between forests, people, and policy, the assessment provides a knowledge base for decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers seeking to understand and strengthen just forest-based pathways to resilience.
The release of the assessment will take place on World Environment Day – a timely moment to elevate science-based knowledge in support of more integrated and equitable approaches to forest policy and practice.
Join this online roundtable on 5 June to explore key assessment findings and engage in interactive discussion with experts from science, practice, and policy.
Array ( [0] => Europe/Vienna )CGIAR Science Week
CIFOR-ICRAF is taking part in the inaugural CGIAR Science Week! This conference will engage the community of global leaders in research, policy, and development working for a food, nutrition, and climate secure future in active dialogue during plenary sessions focused on harnessing and scaling science and innovation. CIFOR-ICRAF will offer the opportunity to see, first-hand, its transformative innovations improving the lives of communities and to visit its cutting-edge labs to see science in action.
Array ( [0] => Africa/Nairobi )Trigger Change! Innovative Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration
This new course, developed over six months by a team of university professors and sustainable agriculture experts from around the world, serves as a comprehensive resource for educators. In line with the ambitious goals set by the G20 Leaders’ Declaration in November 2020 to reduce land degradation, it forms part of the Global Initiative on Reducing Land Degradation and Enhancing Conservation of Terrestrial Habitats.
Released in April, 2024 this course targets university students and training institution participants worldwide enrolled in agriculture and related programs. With a focus on sustainable agriculture and innovation, it aims to equip a new generation of land restorers and ecopreneurs.
Professors, lecturers and training instructors can receive course materials and implement this course to empower their students in addressing the challenges of land degradation and promoting sustainable development.
Format: 3.5 hours daily of interactive learning, virtual trips, and region-specific tools.
Who should attend: Educators, researchers, academics, and agricultural professionals dedicated to advancing sustainable practices in the Arab States.
Don’t miss this opportunity to drive meaningful change for land restoration.
Array ( [0] => Asia/Amman )Festivals of Action: Learning Experience
Are you passionate about sustainability and eager to make a difference?
We are seeking individuals who are passionate about environmental restoration, want to organise festivals or large-scale restoration activations, and are eager to make a tangible impact in their communities.
Greenpop and the UNCCD are thrilled to invite you to the Reforest Fest in South Africa, taking place from 16-21 April 2025. This is a chance to be part of a global environmental restoration movement and learn how to run a community-driven restoration event from experts.
Reforest Fest is Greenpop’s flagship event, uniting hundreds of volunteers for a weekend filled with tree planting, arts, music, and educational workshops in the beautiful Uilenkraal Valley. This immersive experience combines ecological restoration with a celebratory festival format, fostering lasting change in our communities.
Why Attend?
– Learn and grow: Gain practical experience in hosting citizen-led environmental restoration initiatives.
– Network: Connect with restoration experts and like-minded individuals from around the world.
– Skills development: Acquire key organisational skills necessary for planning and executing future Festivals of Action.
Included are five nights of camping accommodation, meals throughout the festival, and mentorship and community support for your future projects.
Application Details:
Cost: $172 USD per person (excluding flights, visas, and insurance) – motivating participants can apply for support.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025, at 11:59 CET
Array ( [0] => Africa/Johannesburg )What if youth led the way? Redefining action for land, culture, and people
From restoring landscapes to preserving heritage and influencing policy, young experts and practitioners around the world are already bridging the worlds of science, traditional knowledge, policy, and practice to drive change in their landscapes and communities. From restoring degraded lands to leading innovative policy campaigns, and from preserving cultural heritage to sparking community-driven solutions, these youth are redefining the boundaries of what’s possible for transformative action. This session will also provide a platform for dialogue, inviting participants to connect, collaborate, and reimagine the role of youth in addressing the pressing challenges of our time.
Join us on 9 December at 12:00 local time (UTC+3) in the Science Pavilion at the UNCCD COP16.
Array ( [0] => Asia/Riyadh )A Tapestry of Policy: Can Civil Society Unite the Rio Conventions?
The 3rd and last stop of this interactive workshop is in Saudi Arabia. The previous two were held during GLF Africa 2024 (Nairobi, September) and CBD COP16 (Cali, October). The outcomes of the three workshops, as well as learnings from a partner-led session at UNFCCC COP29 (Baku, November) will be consolidated into a short report to publish a small knowledge product and inform strategic decisions about the youth-policy interface work of GLF and YIL on the road to UNFCCC COP30 (Belem, 2025).
Join us on 10 December at 10:00 local time (UTC+3) in the Children & Youth Resilience Hub Pavilion at the UNCCD COP16.
Array ( [0] => Asia/Riyadh )Trigger Change! Innovative Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first Southeast Asia “Educators Training” online workshop, scheduled to take place from 25 – 29 November 2024. This four-day workshop will bring together dedicated educators to empower them in teaching innovative university courses about land restoration and sustainability.
The workshop will be led by Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia) in partnership with TH Köln (Germany) and is now open for applications from participants in the Southeast Asia Region and its surrounding countries.
This program is ideal for university educators, researchers, professionals in the fields of agriculture and land management, and those working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or the private sector within Southeast Asia region and its surrounding countries.
Check here for more information regarding the course materials.
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How are young visionaries rewriting the future of Africa’s landscapes?
During this event, we heard insights from landscape leaders and local innovators across Africa, showcasing successful restoration stories, pressing challenges, and bold opportunities for transformative change from recent regional consultations.
Report launch: Rooted in restoration: Youth-led transformative change for regreening Africa
The event marked the launch of the report “Rooted in restoration: Youth-led transformative change for regreening Africa“, which highlights shared experiences, challenges, and solutions suggested by several dozen young landscape practitioners and experts across Africa who participated in a series of consultations centered on the restoration of African ecosystems.
Produced in partnership with Regreening Africa, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, FAO, European Union Commission, CIFOR-ICRAF and the Global Landscapes Forum, and co-written by several experts in the field, this report covers gaps and solutions across policy, finance, capacity building, and communication to show how landscape restoration can be scaled for long-term impact on people and the planet.
Check out the report here.
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Backing Biodiversity: Financing Forests & Trees
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) guides actions worldwide to preserve and protect nature. It was adopted by the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) in December of 2022. This October, at the CBD’s 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, parties will review the framework’s implementation to date, take stock of each country’s revised and updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), further develop its monitoring framework, and mobilize more resources towards this cause.
Under the GBF, the CBD for the first time recognizes the importance of managed lands’ – including agricultural and urban areas’ – contribution to biodiversity conservation and restoration. For the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), such recognition is timely. We have decades of experience working with land users across the Global South to meet climate, biodiversity, economic, and social goals simultaneously, through holistic approaches like agroforestry, sustainable wildlife management, and planting more trees on farms. We’re also deeply committed to protecting the planet’s remaining primary forests, which play particular roles within the biosphere and serve to maximize ecosystem services. We look forward to contributing our expertise to this critical global dialogue, and helping support our partners to reach their biodiversity targets across a range of landscapes, from forests to agriculture.
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