Restoration Experiences Digital Forum

Restoration Experiences Digital Forum

Sharing the view from the ground and connecting across landscapes

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Restoration Experiences Digital Forum

Sharing the view from the ground and connecting across landscapes

Please join us via Zoom to follow the event in Spanish, Portuguese or French, and ask questions.

Please follow these instructions during the digital forum:
  • Please ensure that communication is conducted in a respectful manner, with particular consideration to avoid marginalization or exclusion
  • Use Chat to introduce yourself and share comments.
  • Ask questions using the Q&A function
  • Click Interpretation to choose your preferred language between English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

 

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Restoration Experiences Digital Forum

Sharing the view from the ground and connecting across landscapes

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WHEN

21 November 2023

TIME

14:00–17:00 UTC

WHERE

Online

SOCIAL

#ThinkLandscape

At this digital forum, learn how we can protect our food, water, carbon stocks and biodiversity by restoring landscapes.

The climate and biodiversity crises are already affecting people and landscapes around the world. But there’s one natural remedy that can tackle them both: restoring degraded and damaged landscapes.

There are already countless restoration projects that are turning degraded landscapes into beacons of hope and resilience. On 21 November, you’ll have the chance to get to know some of these projects and meet the people behind them.

Discover how local restoration projects are reshaping landscapes globally, and get inspired to start your own!

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Agenda

14:00–14:15

Opening remarks

  • Director General
    Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV)
14:15–16:00

Harvesting restoration experiences

At its core, this digital forum is a space to explore insights from restoration projects around the world. For this session, we have invited restoration project representatives to share their experiences and lessons learned.

Through a series of presentations, we will explore key lessons from the following focus areas that are crucial to landscape restoration:

  • Capacity development
  • Monitoring impact
  • Collaboration and multi-stakeholder approaches
  • Access to markets and livelihood development

After these presentations, our panel of experts will discuss the insights shared and draw conclusions.

Project representatives

Expert panel

16:00–16:45

How policy and finance can support restoration

This session will feature a panel discussion focusing on policy advocacy and restoration funding. Building on the presentations in the previous session, the panel will discuss what is working and assess what is missing in restoration projects today.

16:45–17:00

Closing statement and announcement of the 2024 Restoration Stewards

Join us as we announce the next cohort of Restoration Stewards – youth restoration practitioners who will receive funding, mentorship and training to grow their projects next year.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE DIGITAL FORUM

EXPLORE RELEVANT RESOURCES

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Finance for Nature Digital Forum

Please join us via Zoom to follow the event in Spanish, Portuguese or French, and ask questions.

Please follow these instructions during the digital forum:
  • Please ensure that communication is conducted in a respectful manner, with particular consideration to avoid marginalization or exclusion
  • Use Chat to introduce yourself and share comments.
  • Ask questions using the Q&A function
  • Click Interpretation to choose your preferred language between English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

 

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Finance for Nature Digital Forum

Investing in Equitable Futures

In Latin America and the Caribbean

Interpretation in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

The digital forum is hosted by:

WHEN

13 July 2023

TIME

9:00–11:45 UTC-5 (Lima, Bogota, Quito)

WHERE

Online

SOCIAL

#LuxFinance4Nature #ThinkLandscape

At this digital forum, discover how finance can join forces with nature across Latin America and the Caribbean.

No one knows the land better than rural communities – yet the local people receive just a tiny fraction of climate finance. It’s time to work together to steward our planet for generations to come.

On 13 July, join the Luxembourg–GLF Finance for Nature platform to explore ways to support the stewardship of local communities and enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean through sustainable finance. 

This event will bring together community representatives, business leaders, financiers, policymakers and scientists to discuss how we can raise and equitably distribute funds for sustainable land use at the grassroots level.

Agenda

9:00–11:45 UTC-5 (Lima, Bogota, Quito)

09:00–09:10

Opening statement

  • Advisor on International Climate Finance
    Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg
09:10–10:10

Promoting sustainable agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Join us for a discussion on how corporates, local communities, NGOs, policymakers and other stakeholders can work together to promote and implement sustainable agricultural practices in Latin America and the Caribbean. Listen in as local and global experts share their experiences and insights on how to create effective, equitable, and culturally appropriate sustainable value chains that benefit smallholder farmers and promote sustainability.

Moderator
Speakers
10:10–10:15

Meet and support local communities in Latin America

Join this session to discover the incredible work of our eight Latin American GLFx chapters dedicated to sustainable, integrated landscape management and learn how you can get involved.

10:15–10:50

Dragons’ Den

In this session, investment-ready projects presenting nature-based solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean will pitch their work to investors, who will ask questions and share feedback in a Dragons’ Den format.

Moderator

Project developers

Judges

10:50–11:40

How can climate finance reach Indigenous Peoples?

Discover how place-based, thematic and impact-first funds can drive direct investments on the ground. Learn about the importance of upholding Indigenous knowledge, values and rights and fair benefit-sharing agreements in nature-based solutions finance. Join us to discuss the agency and ethical considerations of investors in accelerating capital flow for urgent climate and impact goals.

Moderator

Speakers

11:40–11:45

Closing statement

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ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE DIGITAL FORUM

GET INVOLVED

On 11 and 12 October, discover local solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, including the crucial role of finance.

Want to be a part of our grassroots restoration community? Learn more about our two flagship programs and apply now.

Check out our curated catalog of nature-based solutions and sustainable land use projects – or showcase your own project with us!

Contacts

Nina Verduin

Sustainable Finance Project Coordinator

n.verduincifor-icraf[dot]org

Ludwig Liagre

Sustainable Finance Lead

l.liagrecifor-icraf[dot]org

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GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth

The GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference, as it happened

Hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, and online, the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth united over 7,000 participants from 130 countries, along with 218 speakers and 121 global and local partner organizations, to pave a path to a fairer world ahead of COP28. The global event reached 27 million people via social media and media channels, with more than 170,000 engagements.

Across 89 plenaries, expert and interactive sessions, side events, networking sessions, onsite presentations and inspirational talks, the conference sparked vibrant conversations on local solutions to the global climate and ecological crises in 2023.

Explore investable nature-based projects

Are you an investor looking for a project to make a difference with? Explore your options, including three projects that featured in our special Dragons’ Den session at the event.

Or if you’re a nature-based project looking for funding, simply reach out and we’ll find you the support you need.

PHOTOS

#GLFNairobi Photo Competition Summary

What’s your vision for Earth?

Photographers from all over the world submitted amazing photos of local solutions being implemented to protect their landscapes. Each image submitted reminds us that every effort counts, urging us all to preserve and protect our precious landscapes for the current and future generations. Meet the winners of the GLF Nairobi 2023 Photo Competition!

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Biodiversity Finance Digital Forum: Investing in People and Nature

Biodiversity Finance Digital Forum:
Investing in People and Nature

Simultaneous interpretation available (English | Français | Español)

This digital forum is hosted by:

Funded by:

WHEN
29 November 2022
TIME
14:00–16:30 CET (UTC+1)
WHERE
Online
SOCIAL
#LuxFinance4Nature

This Digital Forum will explore how finance can tackle the global extinction crisis by investing in conservation and restoration.

Food, medicine, energy, raw materials – we depend on biodiversity for all of these things. But as the sixth mass extinction beckons, how can we make our natural resources last for generations to come?

On 29 November, the Luxembourg–GLF Finance for Nature platform will explore ways to support local action for nature-based solutions, conservation and ecosystem restoration through appropriate financing mechanisms and incentives.

Ahead of the CBD COP15, this Digital Forum will dive into some of the major challenges facing the world of finance in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

Join financiers, business leaders, policymakers and scientists to learn how we can protect and restore nature while also boosting our economies.

AGENDA

14:00–14:07

Opening statement

Speakers:
14:07–14:52

Microfinance for nature-based solutions: Needs, opportunities and way forward

Speakers:
  • Mathilde Bauwin
    Head of Knowledge Management
    Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA)
  • Andrea Rosales
    Head of communications and capacity-building
    Red Centroamericana y del Caribe de Microfinanzas (Redcamif)
  • Executive Director
    Forestry and Climate Change Fund
  • Co-founder, Dryland Restoration Steward 2022
    Nature and People as One (NAPO) co-founder & GLFx Africa Officer
14:52–15:45

Conservation trust funds and other biodiversity finance innovations: How can we maximize impacts for local communities?

Speakers:
  • Annabel Trinidad
    Technical Advisor
    UNDP-BIOFIN
  • Niran Nirannoot
    Program Manager
    UNDP BIOFIN, Thailand
  • Ana Orozco
    Program Manager
    UNDP BIOFIN, Costa Rica
  • Executive Director
    Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA)
15:45–15:50

Announcement: ‘Huella del futuro’ campaign, Costa Rica

15:50–16:05

Finance, forest and restoration: How to protect biodiversity and improve livelihoods?

Speakers:
  • Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products
    Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
  • Mokena Makeka
    Principal
    Dalberg Advisors
  • Mark Wishnie
    Chief Sustainability Officer and Head
    Landscape Capital at BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
16:05–16:12

Experience sharing by OroVerde Foundation - Global Nature Fund

Speakers: TBC
16:12–16:25

Announcement: Restoration Stewards Cohort 2023

16:25–16:30

Closing statement

GEF Secretariat

Speakers

  • CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
    Global Environment Facility
  • Executive Director
    Forestry and Climate Change Fund
  • Tisha Wildayanti Ramadhini
    Stakeholder Relationships Coordinator
    Fairventures Social Forestry
  • Steffen Kemper
    Project Manager
    Business & Biodiversity, Global Nature Fund (GNF)
  • Niran Nirannoot
    Program Manager
    UNDP BIOFIN, Thailand
  • Mokena Makeka
    Principal
    Dalberg Advisors
  • Mathilde Bauwin
    Head of Knowledge Management
    Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA)
  • Mark Wishnie
    Chief Sustainability Officer and Head
    Landscape Capital at BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
  • Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products
    Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
  • Karen Price
    Executive Director
    Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust, Malawi
  • Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
    Luxembourg
  • Jan Ohnesorge
    International Project Officer
    OroVerde, Tropical Forest Foundation
  • Iga Sari
    Executive Assistant to General Manager
    Fairventures Social Forestry
  • Executive Director
    Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA)
  • Annabel Trinidad
    Technical Advisor
    UNDP-BIOFIN
  • Andrea Rosales
    Head of communications and capacity-building
    Red Centroamericana y del Caribe de Microfinanzas (Redcamif)
  • André Weidenhaupt
    Director General at the Ministry of Environment
    Climate and Sustainable development of Luxembourg
  • Ana Orozco
    Program Manager
    UNDP BIOFIN, Costa Rica
  • Aiita Joshua Apamaku
    Education Taskforce Lead
    Youth4Nature
  • Co-founder, Dryland Restoration Steward 2022
    Nature and People as One (NAPO) co-founder & GLFx Africa Officer

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GENERAL INQUIRIES

Ludwig Liagre

GLF Sustainable Finance Lead

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NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS

Nina Haase

Engagement and Growth Coordinator

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Working away at climate change

Media seminar:

Working away at climate change

Reporting on the intersections of climate change, rights and labor

Free online seminar in English | 2–3 November 2022

Hosted by:

WHERE

Online

WHEN

29 September, 13:00–17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

SOCIAL

#COFO26

The hard truth is that most people spend the majority of their lives working, but due to climate change, occupation, location and financial rewards and are slipping increasingly out of control.  

In preparation for COP27, and in a time in which fact-based reporting must serve as a cornerstone of climate action, the Global Landscapes Forum and Pulitzer Center have prepared a two-day free online seminar for English-speaking journalists to better examine climate change through the lenses of the rights and labor of the most vulnerable populations. 

Join leading reporters, editors and researchers from around the world to learn about the regional and global impacts of climate change on health, migration, productivity and more. Be the first to hear of the latest advancement for Indigenous Peoples’ land rights as well as the rising concept that puts people at the center of novel economic frameworks. 

Participation in the seminar will afford interview opportunities with leading sources as well as an in-person or online ticket to the hybrid conference GLF Climate: Frontiers of Change, 11–12 November 2022 alongside COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. See more information in the application form below. 

Agenda

DAY 1 (2 NOVEMBER 2022 - 14:00-15:30 CET)

14:00 – 14:45

Panel: Toward healthier places of work in climate-stressed environments

Interaction: 15-minute Q&A at the end of the 30-minute panel

Three Pulitzer Center journalists will present and discuss investigations they are currently pursuing, focused on climate change’s impact on human health in places of work around the world. From climate-related conflict among farmers in the Upper Nile, to worker productivity under extreme heat in Qatar, to the dichotomous realities of flooding and drought in East Africa, the journalists will discuss the purpose of their stories and reporting mechanisms.  

Moderated by
Speakers
15:00 – 15:25

Briefing: The launch of the Land Rights Standard

Interaction: 10minute Q&A at the end of the 15-minute briefing 

What began as a humble initiative for Indigenous leaders to voice their demands is this year being launched alongside COP27 at GLF Climate as a first-of-its-kind international standard for fair, just, inclusive and sustainable land rights for Indigenous, local and Afro-descendent peoples. Three years in the making, the Land Rights Standard saw the Rights and Resources Institute, in collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples Major Group and the Global Landscapes Forum, facilitate a drafting process led by more than 70 Indigenous and local groups and organizations from around the world. In this briefing, representatives will share how the standard was created and the impact it can achieve. 

Moderated by
Speakers

DAY 2 (3 NOVEMBER 2022 - 14:00-15:30 CET)

14:00 – 14:45

Panel: Agile reporting on labor migrations

Interaction: 15-minute Q&A at the end of the 30-minute panel 

As climate change forces people away from their homes, workforces are interrupted and forced to adapt to incoming and outgoing populations, bringing massive market implications on global scale and upheaval at the local level. In this session, two Pulitzer Center journalists and an expert from the UN International Organization for Migration will share insights from some of the regions facing migration most – India, Iraq and Latin America and the Caribbean – to compare and contrast how environmental and cultural landscapes are handling climate migration. 

Moderated by
Speakers
15:00 – 15:25

Briefing: The meaning of “stewardship”

Interaction: 10-minute Q&A at the end of the 15-minute briefing 

The concept of stewardship is engrained in history, but in the climate space, it’s being given a new lease on life as a term of the moment. From economic models to value chain frameworks to policy, stewardship is being looked to as the basis when revising relationships between humans and nature within existing global systems. But what are the origins of this term? Who is a steward? How has stewardship looked in the past, and in what forms should it take hold now? The briefing will acquaint journalists with what this term really means, how it can be protected from becoming jargon, and why it’s important in shaping narratives about the future. 

Moderated by
speakers
  • Senior Associate
    Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

How to apply

This online seminar is open to English-speaking journalists reporting on climate change and sustainable development, currently collaborating with a media outlet(s) of global, national or regional reach. It will gather journalists who share a passion for learning and raising awareness about the environment and want to dig deeper into its intersection with rights and labor. 

We can only accept a limited number of participants. Therefore, we encourage you to:  

  • Be very precise with the information you will provide in the application form below. 
  • Share the most recent and/or relevant content that you have produced. 
  • Attend the four sessions offered in the seminar.   

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Gabrielle Lipton (g.lipton@cgiar.org) and Kelly Quintero (k.quintero@cgiar.org). 

The applicants will be informed of their selection by 31 October.

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Contacts

Theresa Loeffler

Theresa Loeffler

Forestry Officer, FAO Forestry Division

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NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS

Nina Haase

Engagement and Growth Coordinator

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Transforming agrifood systems with forests

FAO–GLF Digital Forum

Transforming agrifood systems with forests

Simultaneous interpretation available (EN | FR | ES)

This digital forum is presented by:

 

WHERE

Online

WHEN

29 September, 13:00–17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

SOCIAL

#COFO26

This Digital Forum will explore how forests can help transform global agrifood systems.

Agriculture and forestry can provide crucial tools to support sustainable development and tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Systemic solutions

These challenges can only be addressed through a coordinated and cross-sectoral approach that presents agriculture and forestry as solutions. This includes conserving, restoring and sustainably managing forests, avoiding deforestation, and maintaining ecosystem services.

In this Digital Forum, we will showcase and promote best practices to enhance synergies, including agroforestry and the restoration of agrosilvopastoral lands, as well as the adoption of innovative approaches and the latest technologies, platforms, data and tools that support integrated landscape planning and informed decision-making.

World Forest Week

The Digital Forum will be organized back-to-back to the 26th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO26), and the 8th World Forest Week, to be held from 3–7 October. It will provide space for FAO, partners and FAO Members to discuss topics related to forestry and agriculture linkages, food security, financing, gender and inclusiveness, and digital innovations. FAO has been a GLF Charter Member since 2021.

MEDIA CORNER

The digital forum Transforming agrifood systems with forests took place online on 29 September and showcased and promoted best practices to enhance synergies, including agroforestry and the restoration of agrosilvopastoral lands, as well as the adoption of innovative approaches and the latest technologies, platforms, data and tools that support integrated landscape planning and informed decision-making.

Use this space to ask questions, request interviews, read our media advisories, download our publications, access visuals to enrich your content, connect with the GLF communications team, and much more.

Agenda

13.00–14.10
High-level Panel

The World in 2050: A vision of forestry towards sustainable and resilient agrifood systems

During this session the publication Grazing with trees: A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands will be launched.
Moderated by
  • Deputy Director
    Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Opening Remarks

The World in 2050: A vision of forestry towards sustainable and resilient agrifood systems

KEYNOTE SPEECH

High-level panel

In this high-level panel, speakers will offer regional perspectives on the role of forestry in sustainable and resilient agrifood systems with a focus on drylands and grazing with trees.

SPEAKERS

Closing reflections

SpeakerS
14:10–15:10
Technical Panel

Learning from good practices: How do we make our forests fit for the future of agrifood systems?

During this session the policy brief What have we learned from trees? Three decades of farmer field schools on agroforestry and forestry will be launched.

TOPICS
  • How can extensive grazing be beneficial for the restoration of dryland ecosystems?
  • How can private sector engagement boost sustainable agroforestry systems in Mauritius?
  • How does a climate-smart village after the field school model work in Pakistan?
  • What is the potential for upscaling agro-ecology for the transformation of agrifood systems under the GEF-7 Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Programme?
  • How can forests increase biodiversity and ecosystem benefits for agriculture? The role of pollinators
Moderated by
SpeakerS

Q&A

15:10–15:50​

How can agriculture production be decoupled from deforestation?

During this session the technical paper Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: The role of governments will be launched.
TOPICS
  • How can a certification for forest risk free agriculture production work?
  • Perspectives of a consumer country
  • Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: The role of governments
  • Measures that can foster synergies between forestry and agriculture and reduce trade-offs
  • Tracking the land footprints of commodities: Introduction to a new database
Moderated by
SpeakerS

Q&A

15:50–16:15

How to improve decision making using better data and the latest tools?

TOPICS
  • Introduction to Forest Data Partnership
  • Role of governments
  • Role of the private sector
  • Harnessing technology for better data
  • The Framework on Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM)
  • Good practices for the effective restoration of ecosystems in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
  • Supporting forest restoration planning: Se.plan, a free and open-source SEPAL tool
  • Setting up systems for monitoring restoration initiatives: The Aurora app
  • Integrated landscape planning for informed decision-making
  • Conservation Approaches and Technologies
Moderated by

The Forest Data Partnership – eliminating supply chain deforestation and catalyzing ecosystem restoration through better data

SpeakerS
  • Chief of Party, USAID Forest Data Partnership
    World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • Program Manager, Forests and Climate
    US Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Senior Manager Sustainable Sourcing, Digital Solutions
    Unilever
  • Sr. Program Manager, Forest & Nature at Google Earth Outreach
    Google

Q&A

16:15–17:00

Better data and latest tools

moderated by
SpeakerS

Q&A

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WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Contacts

Theresa Loeffler

Theresa Loeffler

Forestry Officer, FAO Forestry Division

Theresa.Loefflerfao[dot]org

NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS

Nina Haase

Engagement and Growth Coordinator

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Transforming food systems from the bottom up

DIGITAL FORUM

Transforming food systems from the bottom up: Social innovations for soil restoration

This digital forum is hosted by:

Funded by:

WHERE

Online

WHEN

15 July 2022, 9:00–11:00 GMT

SOCIAL

#EnablingSustainability

Transforming food systems from the bottom up: Social innovations for soil restoration

In this webinar, speakers from Benin, Kenya, and Burkina Faso will present how social innovations for soil restoration were developed at the community level and the changes they have brought about. This will be followed by an expert panel that will reflect on the opportunities and challenges of bringing such innovations to scale.

The transition to inclusive, climate-resilient and crisis-proof agri-food systems is an enormous task that requires innovation.

The One World, No Hunger (EWOH) initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has opened a space for transformation and innovation through collective efforts, vast investments and mutual learning across a broad partner network.

Given the central role of soils in the transformation of agri-food systems, one of the initiative’s core programs is Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security (ProSoil). Soils are more than a means of production. They are the largest carbon sink on land, host a quarter of the world’s biodiversity and play a key role in water purification, nutrient cycling, and many other functions.

Social innovations for soil restoration

Implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, ProSoil seeks to restore and protect over 2 million hectares in six African countries and India by 2025. However, a major challenge facing such programs is the long-term adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices. When program support ends, farmers often stop applying the promoted technologies.

Against this backdrop, the EWOH places accompanying research at the heart of its approach to development cooperation, led by TMG Research, a think tank based in Berlin. The research project served as a platform and breeding ground for innovation through social ‘experimentation’ around alternative ways to implement solutions. TMG, GIZ and local partners developed and piloted social innovations in Kenya, Benin, and Burkina Faso to address socio-cultural and governance barriers to SLM technology adoption. Developed in multi-stakeholder settings, the innovations address issues of land tenure security and farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer. As locally adapted and socially legitimate solutions, they create a strong enabling environment for farmers to implement SLM measures on a broad, long-term scale.

Agenda

9:00–9:10

Opening welcome

Moderator:
9:10–9:20

GIZ Global Soil Programme

This session will present the GIZ global programme on “Soil Protection and Restoration for Food Security”, an initiative that has already protected or rehabilitated over 483,000 hectares of land and that benefits over 1.3 million people. The session will also highlight the role of soils in the transformation of our agri-food systems.

Speaker:
  • Head of Programme
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
9:20–9:30

Introduction to social innovations for soil restoration

This session will introduce the topic of social innovations, and how these can become alternative approaches to address local governance gaps that prevent smallholders from investing in soil restoration.

Speakers:
9:30–9:40

Q&A

9:40–10:10

Presentations Benin, Burkina Faso, Kenya

Speakers from Benin, Burkina Faso and Kenya will share their experiences in developing locally developed social innovations to improve soil restoration. The innovations cover topics of land tenure security and farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer.

Speakers:
10:10–10:25

Q&A

10:25–10:50

Panel discussion: reflection on presentations and Q&A from audience

Experts representing the government, donor and UN organizations will reflect on the previous presentations and discuss how locally developed solutions to soil restoration can be upscaled.

Speakers:
  • Policy Officer
    UNCCD Secretariat
  • Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Development
    Benin
  • Flora Ajwera
    Agricultural Advisor
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
10:50–10:55

Food system transformation from the bottom-up: Reflections

Speaker:
10:55–11:00

Closing remarks

Speaker:

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GENERAL INQUIRIES

Larissa Stiem-Bhatia

Programme Lead – Nature-based Solutions, TMG Research

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NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS

Nina Haase

Engagement and Growth Coordinator

n.haasecgiar[dot]org

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GLF at UNCCD COP15

GLF AT UNCCD COP15

Simultaneous interpretation available (EN|FR)

The series of side events are hosted by:

Photo by Ken kahiri on Unsplash

WHEN

9–20 May 2022

WHERE

Online and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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GLF at UNCCD COP15: As It Happened

Hosted digitally and in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the GLF and TMG Research, with partners, organized a series of side events in English and French, white papers, Q&As with experts, and more. Viewed by thousands of people, the side events provided critical insights on some of the most critical issues of our time: desertification, land degradation and drought.




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Read about the events on Landscape News, check out our social media coverage, read the white papers, or re-watch the sessions to hear local actors and leading experts discuss how to combat land degradation, protect the tenure rights of smallholders, and adapt to climate change and drought.

 

 

GLF at UNCCD COP15

Join policymakers, the private sector, international organizations, NGOs, researchers, human rights actors, restoration practitioners and many more live at the world’s largest drylands conference!

From 9–20 May 2022, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) will organize a series of side events at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

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The side events are free. Check out our agenda and register now!

AGENDA

Abidjan GMT+0
12 May 2022 13:00-15:00

Smallholders need secure land tenure to ensure investments in ecosystem restoration and food security and land-based adaptation options for millions of people around the world. As the global community scrambles to address multiple crises, responsible land governance is more urgent than ever before.

In this context, TMG Research and its partners have developed a human rights-based approach to land governance monitoring, including a reference tool called the Human Rights and Land Navigator, which they will launch during this side event session. The online tool aims to make the UN-backed Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) more tangible by detailing the human rights on which they are based.

During the session, UNCCD stakeholders and human rights actors discussed the potential of the international human rights system and the new tool to enhance the implementation of the VGGT and safeguard legitimate tenure rights for ecosystem restoration. The event provided practical entry points for land rights defenders, national-level policymakers and human rights bodies to advocate for and monitor progress on land governance instruments.

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12 May 2022 18:00-20:00

During this session, we learned how land degradation neutrality relates to land tenure security and why tenure security is important to combat the further degradation of land. We learned how land tenure security is embedded in a wider spectrum of human rights and what is needed to secure these multiple rights for those living on and from the land. We learned from local, regional and global actors, what instruments they use to align legal frameworks with local realities, and what it takes to bridge formal legislation with informal realities on the ground. Finally, we discussed the pros and cons of multi-stakeholder dialogue, which is increasingly seen as an instrument to bridge the two and help strengthen land tenure security for all.

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14 May 2022 11:20-11:28

Young Africans have strong visions for their land: their stories of restoring landscapes are also stories of young people defining their own narratives of a good life and creating multiple, contradictory and coexisting futures across the continent. In this short session co-created by the World Agroforestry Center, the Global Landscapes Forum and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative  young Kenyan restoration practitioner Adrian Leitoro shared his thoughts and experiences, focusing on the importance of healthy landscapes for climate adaptation and food sovereignty in Africa.

16 May 2022 13:15-14:45

People living in drylands and areas affected by degradation are amongst the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. To protect their livelihoods, it is crucial to take measures to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation as well as ensure the security of their land tenure, as was recognized and highlighted at UNCCD COP14 in 2019 through the COP14/26 decision on land tenure.

This side event hosted by the TMG Think Tank for Sustainability outlined progress made by Parties to the Convention since COP14 on aligning national land degradation neutrality plans with the COP14/26 decision and highlighted opportunities to further scale up existing efforts. It also addressed the importance of land tenure for land-based adaptation and responses to drought.

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Find all CIFOR-ICRAF activities at UNCCD COP15 here

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What will you do at GLF Africa?

Connect local experience with the highest levels of global policy to bridge the distance between actors, sectors and scales. Share existing knowledge on drylands restoration and identify knowledge gaps. Learn what tools or practices are needed to effectively reverse our global history of ecosystem degradation, with its high cost for human livelihoods, climate resilience and regional political stability. Act to combat further deterioration, and bend the curve towards net positive restoration across Africa and beyond.

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GLF–Luxembourg Finance for Nature: What comes next?​

The 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium: As it happened

Hosted in Luxembourg and online, GLF–Luxembourg Finance for Nature 2023: What comes next? united 4,657 participants from 162 countries, 106 speakers, 100 global and local partner organizations, and reached 15 million people on social media, with more than 330 thousand engagements, around how finance can solve – rather than exacerbate – the climate and biodiversity crises.

Across 37 plenaries, expert sessions, special announcements, networking sessions, dialogues, onsite presentations, and inspirational talks, the event sparked vibrant conversations on the state of sustainable finance in 2023, including the latest innovations, success stories, investable projects and much more.

Explore investable nature-based projects

Are you an investor looking for a project to make a difference with? Explore your options, including three projects that featured in our special Dragons’ Den session at the event.

Or if you’re a nature-based project looking for funding, simply reach out and we’ll find you the support you need.

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GLF Climate 2022

GLF Climate 2022: As it happened

Hosted on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and online, GLF Climate 2022: Frontiers of Change united 7,000 participants from 164 countries and rallied over 27 million people on social media around what humanity can still do to avoid the worsening impacts of the climate crisis.

Featuring 228 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and government leaders, and 96 incredible partner organizations, the second edition of GLF Climate called for a just transition to a stewardship economy that puts people and nature first.

Across 43 plenaries, expert sessions, launches, virtual tours, dialogues, networking sessions, and inspirational talks, GLF Climate 2022 explored ways to take control of our own fate through collective action, behavior change and the widespread adoption of nature- and land-based solutions.

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE GLF CLIMATE DIGITAL GALLERY

#GLFClimate Photo Competition Summary

What does climate change look like?
Floods, wildfires, drought, war – these were just a few of the themes covered by 1,555 photos we received from over 100 countries showing how climate change has been impacting our lives. But there’s still hope – breathtaking landscapes, the beauty and richness of wildlife, and local communities working and hoping for better days ahead. Meet the winners of the GLF Climate Photo Competition!

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