GLF Africa 2022 Digital Conference

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Our Sessions

8:00 AM EAT - 9:30 pm EAT

GLF Africa 2022 Digital Conference: Happening now!

12:15 PM EAT - 1:15 pm EAT

Partner-led session

Financing sustainable livestock value chains for rangeland restoration

Max Makuvise (Makera Cattle Company, Southern Africa Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and Resident Director for Shangani Holistic (Pvt) Ltd., Chairman and founder, Vice-chair)Geledorj Amarbold (Jinst Murun Co LTD, CEO)Enkh Amgalan Tseelei (Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups of Herders, Chairwoman)Ciniro Costa Junior (Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT)Fiona Flintan (ILRI, Italy and Ethiopia, Governance Scientist and Technical Coordinator)Anirudh Keny (Boomitra, Business Developer)Sonja Leitner (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Scientist)Chris Magero (IUCN, Bonn, Germany, Programme Officer)Edwin Mudongo (CLAWS and Herding for Health Botswana, Researcher)Caileigh Pentz (Independent, Graphic recorder)Marthe Tollenaar (SAIL Ventures, ESG Director)Susanne Vetter (Rhodes University, South Africa, Associate Professor)

4:00 PM EAT - 5:00 pm EAT

Partner-led session

Reaching impact across the board: Scaling up, out and deep through knowledge and integration-based...

Ulrich Apel (Global Environment Facility (GEF), Senior Environmental Specialist)Sandra Berman (World Bank, Senior Environmental consultant)Fritjof Boerstler (GEF-7 Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes, FAO, Global Coordinator)Lilia Isolina Java Tapayuri (Asociación de Autoridades Indígenas (ATICOYA), Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia, President of the sustainability management committee of the tourist destination)Mufaro Manyanga (Linkages for Economic Advancement for the Disadvantaged (LEAD), Team Leader)Angela Nyanchama Nyamongo (Kenya, Policy and Legal Expert)Harrington Nyirenda (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, District Coordinator)Patrick P. Kalas (GEF Impact Programs Drylands / Food Systems, FAO, Natural Resources Officer)Ewald Rametsteiner (Forestry Division, FAO, Deputy Director)Johannes Refisch (United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), GRASP Programme Manager and GRASP Coordinator)

5:30 PM EAT - 6:15 pm EAT

Achieving sustainable commodity value chains in Africa: Lessons and perspectives from cocoa

Mohamed Bakarr (Global Environment Facility, Lead Environmental Specialist)Awa Bamba (CAYAT, Director General)Léonie Bonnehin-Verrier (Olam Cocoa, Cocoa Agroforestry Head)Isaac Charles Acquah Jr (Natural Resource Department of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana (EPA), Director and head)Ywe Franken (Tony’s Chocolonely, Serious Farming Accelerator)Ruchira Joshi (Agri-commodities and Executive Director, IDH UK, Global Director)Peter Minang (CIFOR-ICRAF, Director of Africa)Betty Simawua Annan (World Cocoa Foundation, Country Director, Ghana)Robert Yapo Assamoi (Ministry of Water and Forests, Côte d’Ivoire, Technical Advisor)

Our Documents

GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM (GLF)

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members: CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Crop Trust, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FAO, FSC, GEF, GIZ, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, The International Livestock Research Institute, INBAR, IPMG, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability, UNCCD, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmer Organization, World Agroforestry, World Bank Group, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL)