GLF Africa 2022 Digital Conference

Who has the right to the land? Success stories of youth and women leadership in restoration

Sep 15, 2022 | 2:45 PM EAT - 3:45 PM EAT

Landscape rights: from inclusive tenure to policy change

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Description

The session will contribute to GLF Africa's, GLFx Nairobi’s and the International land coalition Africa (ILC Africa) key objective of identifying best practices, blueprints, and successful models for accelerating youth and women leadership in restoration and theme on landscape rights by showcasing success stories of individual to collective women and youth leadership in restoration that can be replicated or scaled from Kenya and beyond sub-Saharan Africa. This includes their leadership in decision-making around the governance of resources (e.g., land and trees), knowledge (including indigenous knowledge), and innovations in restoration implementation.

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Speakers

Ann Gachambi Njuki

Member organization

Groots Kenya, ILC Africa

Lavender Ondere

Environment, climate change, natural Resource Management, and resilience expert

World Vision Kenya

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Kaluki Paul Mutuku

Co-founder, Regional Director for Africa

Kenya Environmental Action Network (KEAN), Youth4Nature

Janephrice Talian

Local Landscape Restoration Expert, chairperson

Cheptais Community Forest Association (CFA)

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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)