2025 Landscape Leadership Camp

2025 GLF Landscape Leadership Camp in Africa

Application deadline: TBD

WHEN

April 2025

WHERE

Bogor, Indonesia

SOCIAL

#ThinkLandscape

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Are you a young student, professional, expert or visionary from Africa interested in nurturing positive change in Africa’s communities, landscapes and seascapes?

Look no further! For the third time, the GLF Landscape Leadership Camp is taking place in Africa.

Apply now for a spot at the 2025 GLF Landscape Leadership Camp for the chance to connect and collaborate with other landscape leaders. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), the camp will take place over three days in COUNTRY on DATE.

This immersive experience will bring together like-minded students, young professionals, experts and practitioners from across Africa, creating a cross-cultural community dedicated to driving impactful and transformative change

Application deadline: TBD

COLLABORATION PARTNERS

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2025 Social Media Ambassadors Program

The GLF Social Media Ambassadors program unites diverse voices to shape the narrative on sustainable landscapes by creating impactful content and engaging global audiences. With training and connections to leading organizations, these young volunteers receive the skills and mentorship to use their voices for a more sustainable future.

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2025 Landscape Leadership Camp

2025 GLF Landscape Leadership Camp in Asia

Application deadline: 15 January 2025

WHEN

April 2025

WHERE

Bogor, Indonesia

SOCIAL

#ThinkLandscape

Are you a young student, professional, expert or visionary from Asia interested in nurturing positive change in Asia’s communities, landscapes and seascapes?

Look no further! For the first time, the GLF Landscape Leadership Camp is taking place in Asia.

Apply now for a spot at the 2025 GLF Landscape Leadership Camp, and embark on a journey towards landscape leadership with other young visionaries from across Asia. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), the camp will take place over three days in Bogor, Indonesia in April 2025.

This immersive experience will bring together like-minded students, young professionals, experts and practitioners from across Asia, creating a vibrant, cross-cultural community dedicated to driving impactful and transformative change for people and landscapes.

Application deadline: 15 January 2025

COLLABORATION PARTNERS

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GLF Africa 2024 Photography Awards

GLF Africa 2024:

Celebrating Africa’s diverse landscapes and highlighting locally-led landscape solutions

With vast natural resources to support its food systems, livelihoods, markets and growing young population, Africa has an unprecedented opportunity to restore its degraded landscapes, cater to the needs of its people and pave a sustainable way forward for all of humanity.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the GLF Africa 2024 Photography Awards. Whether you’re a professional or amateur photographer, we’d love to see your photos showcasing the continent’s vast landscapes in all their grandeur.

We want to show the world stunning images of Africa’s diverse peoples and their way of life across its various landscapes. So, get your cameras ready and snap us your best shots of tropical forests, grasslands, drylands, peatlands, wetlands, the ocean and coasts – and African livelihoods.

Entries will be accepted until 29 July. Finalists will be announced by mid August, with winners announced on 13 September. The best photos will be showcased at the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference and featured on the GLF’s Flickr account.

Good luck, and we’re excited to receive your submissions!

Prizes

  • Cash prizes of USD 400 (1st place), USD 300 (2nd place) and USD 200 (popular vote).
  • A spread and interview on ThinkLandscape.
  • A showcase at the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference.

Eligibility

  • The GLF Africa 2024 Photography Awards are open to anyone aged 18 or above, whether you’re a photo enthusiast or a professional photographer.
  • By submitting your photo, you agree to follow the rules, terms and conditions of these awards.
  • Photos that have previously won other photographic awards will not be considered.

How to participate

  • To participate, upload your photo here.
  • Each photo constitutes a single entry.
  • The uploaded file must include the photo’s title, and the contributor’s name and the contact information, including email address, social media handles (if applicable) and a caption listing the subject and location.

Selection

All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by the GLF, who will shortlist up to 25 photos from all eligible submissions received during the awards period. Finalists will be chosen based on the following criteria:
  • Creativity (30%)
  • Photographic quality (30%)
  • Composition (30%)
  • Execution of theme (10%)
The GLF will publish the finalist entries on its online platforms. The panel of judges will choose the first and second prize winners from the finalist entries, while members of the public will be invited to vote online for their favorite entry. The entry with the most votes will receive the ‘popular vote’ award. The GLF team will ensure that the first prize, second prize and popular vote winners are all selected from different participants.

Finalists

The GLF team will email all finalists in September and invite them to share a short video message about their photo and work. The best photos will be exhibited in our art gallery at GLF Africa 2024.

Voting is now closed. We will reveal the winners on 13 September.
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Youth Storytelling Contest

The Stories of Africa​

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Successful applicants will be notified of their selection via email.

In 2024, hundreds of young storytellers from across Africa once again sought to challenge the dominant narratives on the continent they call home. 

Ahead of the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) hosted a youth storytelling contest to share stories that inspire a brighter and bolder future for Africa, through videos, audios, writing, animations and other forms of media.

Here are the three incredible storytellers who won the jury’s hearts this year.

And the 2024 winners are…

MEET THE FINALISTS

What is the African Storytelling Contest?

Do you have a story to share about how Africa can regenerate its landscapes, protect biodiversity, lead climate action and protect the rights and livelihoods of millions? 

We believe storytelling has the power to ignite change, inspire action and connect people across borders. Following the powerful stories we heard  in 2022 and 2023, the 2024 Africa Youth Storytelling Contest welcomes stories in a wide variety of formats, including video, audio, visual art, animation or another creative medium.

What’s in it for you?

The top 5 to 10 entries will be featured on our website and social media channels, as well as at the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference, reaching thousands of people in person and online.

On top of the opportunity to showcase your talent and share your story with a global audience, the three best stories will receive prizes of EUR 500, 300 and 200 respectively.

SEE BELOW FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

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Landscape Leadership Camp

2024 GLF Landscape Leadership Camp

WHEN

14–16 September 2024

WHERE

Nairobi, Kenya

SOCIAL

#ThinkLandscape

From 14–16 September 2024, the Landscape Leadership Camp was held in Nairobi, Kenya, ahead of GLF Africa 2024: Greening the African Horizon. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), the workshop brought together 60 exceptional young leaders from Africa and beyond, selected from over 1,250 applicants, to drive impactful and transformative change.

This three-day camp featured workshops, panel discussions and field visits focused on collectively  addressing complex challenges and developing visions rooted in landscape approaches, with a focus on justice and a greener future for Africa.

GET INSPIRED BY LANDSCAPE LEADERS FROM AFRICA AND BEYOND

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

  • Zahrah Cassiem
    South Africa
    CDKN/ SouthSouthNorth
  • Varun Tumuluru
    India
    Global Landscapes Forum
  • Theopista Abalo
    Uganda
    IFSA
  • Sylvia Wachira
    Kenya
    PACJA
  • Nancy Barisoa
    Madagascar
    Global Landscapes Forum/ CIFOR-ICRAF
  • Nadia Sitas
    South Africa
    CDKN/ SouthSouthNorth
  • Kenya
    Youth4Nature
  • Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
    Ghana
    YPARD
  • Kevin Lunzalu
    Kenya
    GYBN
  • Juvenal Vitalis
    Tanzania
    Ancestorworld Studio
  • Joshua Daniel Laizer
    Tanzania
    GLFx Maasai Steppe/ TECCEI
  • Hope Okuthe
    Kenya
    PACJA
  • Youth Program Coordinator
    Global Landscapes Forum/Youth in Landscapes Initiative
  • Claudine Kamanzi
    Rwanda
    Forest4Life
  • Ann Kobia
    Kenya
    PACJA

PHOTOS

COLLABORATION PARTNERS

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2025 Restoration Stewards Program & GLFx Chapters

APPLY NOW:
2025 RESTORATION STEWARDS PROGRAM & GLFx CHAPTER NETWORK

JOIN A GROWING RESTORATION COMMUNITY

APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED!
All successful applicants will be contacted in the coming months if selected for the next round.

The climate crisis is already ravaging landscapes and livelihoods, but it’s not too late to act: all across the globe, people are fighting back by restoring ecosystems and working with local communities to adapt.

To support those efforts, we’re opening applications for the 2025 Restoration Stewards program and new GLFx chapters. If you’re a young restoration practitioner or a community-based organization and you’d like to scale up the impact of your landscape projects, this opportunity is for you!

Apply by Sunday, 28 July 2024, 23:59 CEST (UTC+2).

Unsure whether to apply as a Restoration Steward or a GLFx chapter? Take the quick eligibility test at the bottom of the page and see which opportunity suits you best!

2025 Restoration Stewards Program

Are you a young restoration practitioner ready to scale your project?

Apply if you are:

  • A young, ambitious restoration practitioner between the ages of 18 and 35.
  • Leading or part of a youth-led and youth-driven team.
  • Working on an ecosystem restoration project for oceans, wetlands, peatlands, mountains, forests, drylands or rangelands.

As a Restoration Steward, you will get:

  • EUR 5,000 in funding to support your restoration project;
  • Mentorship opportunities with our  global network of experts;
  • Spotlighting opportunities through GLF platforms and media outreach;
  • Capacity development opportunities, including workshops and the Landscape Academy.

2025 GLFx Chapters

Are you a local NGO working towards sustainable landscapes?

Apply if you are:

  • Representing a locally-led organization in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Leading or part of a registered NGO led by local people, and embodying values of diversity and inclusion (gender, Indigenous people, youth).
  • Working to promote sustainable land use at the local level to boost food security, livelihoods and biodiversity.

If selected to join the  GLFx network, you will get access to:

  • Exclusive funding opportunities;
  • Networking and peer-to-peer learning  with other chapters;
  • Connection with the GLF network of charter members;
  • Training opportunities, including workshops and the Landscape Academy.

For questions:

Restoration Stewards Program

Eirini Sakellari

Youth Coordinator

E.Sakellaricifor-icraf[dot]org

GLFx Chapters

Ana Yi Soto

GLFx Coordinator

A.Yisotocifor-icraf[dot]org

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

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Mangrove Photography Awards 2023

About the Awards

The Mangrove Photography Awards celebrates the beauty, diversity and fragility of our mangrove forests around the world.

We invite photographers of all levels and disciplines to submit their best mangrove images to be judged by a panel of internationally acclaimed photographers. Now in its ninth year, Mangrove Photography Awards offers everyone the opportunity to raise their voices for the protection of one of our most critical and undervalued ecosystems. Your photos can illustrate the importance and diversity of life in our coastal forests and help inspire action to protect and conserve our mangrove ecosystems.

More Information

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African Youth Storytelling Contest: Τhe Stories of Africa

The Stories of Africa

2023 African Youth Storytelling Contest

Applications are now closed.

Thank you for sending your story. All submissions are currently being reviewed, and the selected winners will be announced at the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference on 10-11 October.

What is the African Storytelling Contest?

Do you have a powerful story to share about your vision for a thriving Africa where landscapes are healthy, communities prosper, and justice prevails? 


We believe that storytelling has the power to ignite change, inspire action and connect people across borders. After an incredible storytelling contest last year featuring stories from every corner of the continent, the 2023 Africa Youth Storytelling Contest will provide a platform for your visions to reach a global stage.

What’s in it for you?

The top 10 to 15 entries will be featured on our website and social media channels, as well as during GLF Nairobi 2023, reaching thousands of people gathered in person and online to forge a brighter future for the world’s landscapes.

Apart from the incredible opportunity to showcase your talent and share your vision with a global audience, the three best stories will receive prizes of EUR 500, 300 and 200 respectively.

SEE BELOW FOR TERMS & CONDITIONS

Applications are now closed.
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GLF Nairobi 2023 Photo Competition

GLF Nairobi 2023:
What’s your vision for Earth?

No matter where you are in the world, there’s always someone near you working to restore our planet.

So, our task for you is simple: get out there and snap some photos of them!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the GLF Nairobi 2023 Photo Competition. Whether you’re a professional or amateur, nature or urban photographer, we’d love to see what’s happening in your local landscapes and some of the incredible solutions being implemented to preserve and protect them.

We want to show the world images of positive steps being taken towards a healthier Earth, whether it’s land restoration, urban and rural generative farming, biodiversity conservation, or something else. It’s your call – so get your cameras ready and take us on this visual journey!

Entries will be accepted until 26 July. Finalists will be announced by the end of July, with winners announced late August. The best photos will be showcased at the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference and featured on the GLF’s Flickr account.

Good luck, and we look forward to receiving your submissions!

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