Twitter Spaces: How to engage youth in landscape restoration

Sep 6, 2022 | 7:00 PM EAT - 8:00 PM EAT

Sustainable finance: from markets to value chains Landscape rights: from inclusive tenure to policy change Resilient, regenerative landscapes: from restoration to agroecology

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Ever wondered how to talk to young people about landscape restoration? How to arouse their interest in matters of environmental degradation? Let’s have this roundtable with student actors in the environmental space in Kenya to discuss how to engage young people, especially students in landscape restoration.

Hear from Georgina Njeru (@GeorginaNjeru),** president of the Strathmore University Environmental and Sustainability Club, Nyingi Wahome (@Nyingi_),** Outgoing President of Daystar University Environmental Club, Waweru Chris Avram (@WaweruAvram),** award-winning environmental champion & chief operating officer for the Wissensof Company & Lamech Opiyo (@LamechLamarch25),** award-winning environmental conservation champion. This session will convey the perspectives of student leaders from higher education programs in African Universities.

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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)