Event Category: Main GLF Event
Closing Plenary
Plenary: Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Hear the back-story and vision behind the recently-passed “UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030” from its founding members.
The youth plenary speakers will announce the Landscape Heroes competition winner.
Array ( )Plenary: Right to a future
They are our future leaders, the ‘next generation,’ the optimistic visionaries disrupting systems to change things in their own way; they are the youth who will take the stage to share, provoke and inspire ways to change the world – and change it now. How can we move quicker, together, to secure the rights to a healthy life for present and future generations? Array ( )
Coffee break and structured networking

We offer speed networking as a facilitated process during the conference break times to provide a friendly space for participants to meet new people, make connections and share interests and ideas in a short space of time. These sessions will last 30 minutes and operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Ask our volunteer team for details on the location, and don’t miss this opportunity to network with like-minded, inspiring people.
Plenary: Whose Rights?
Gone are the days where communities were simply beneficiaries of development projects. Today, true inclusivity means recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, women, and youth – and establishing joint collaboration efforts. How can we center the knowledge and priorities of marginalized groups and help to put their chosen solutions into practice? Array ( )
Plenary: Landscape Finance
The Panel will discuss emerging strategies and models for financing landscape investment at scale, including design features that benefit smallholders and local communities, as well as biodiversity and climate goals. Topics will cover a comparative study of landscape-wide finance models, private agricultural investment models that build community equity, an accelerator for forest landscape investment, and large-scale finance for coordinated multi-sector landscape investments. Array ( )
Coffee break and structured networking

We offer speed networking as a facilitated process during the conference break times to provide a friendly space for participants to meet new people, make connections and share interests and ideas in a short space of time. These sessions will last 30 minutes and operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Ask our volunteer team for details on the location, and don’t miss this opportunity to network with like-minded, inspiring people.
Solidarity Reception
Plenary: Changing the Narrative
Celebrating the diversity of nature and humans – and of the relationships between them – brings us closer to the transformative solutions we need. Only by changing our thinking and learning to accept, understand and honor all perspectives can we rewrite together the collective story of our shared future. How can we challenge and change the existing narrative? Array ( )