GLF Nairobi 2023

GLFx

https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/glfx-showcase/

https://twitter.com/GLFChapters

Description

A global community to enable and accelerate action towards more sustainable landscapes. The world needs passionate people to take action towards a more sustainable future. GLFx supports community-led projects, helps scale up initiatives, drives local action, and enables knowledge sharing, with a focus on improving landscapes from the ground up.

Our Sessions

Networking: Unlocking opportunities for collaboration and mentorship

How local action can drive policy change (registration required)

Kiptoo Chemoiwo (Global Landscapes Forum)Mohammed Kamel Damma (GLFx Tamale, Coordinator)Simangele Msweli (Youth Leadership Program, AWF, Senior Manager)

Interactive session

How multilateral development banks can tackle the climate crisis

Perpetra Akite (Makerere University, Lecturer, Department of Zoology)Yann Groeger (BlueOrchard Finance, Regional Director of Africa and Latam)Edward Okot Omoya (UNFCCC Steering Committee Member, EADB, Consultant, Environmental and Social Management Specialist)Yokateme Tiikuzu (Mabele Agric, Founder & CEO)Susanne Wallenöffer (International Forest Policy, GIZ, Advisor)Antony Wolimbwa (Climate Action Network Uganda (CAN-U), National Coordinator)Monica Yator (Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative, Founder)

Funding climate adaptation: African sovereign strategies and allocation priorities

Mahamat Abakar Assouyouti (Adaptation Fund, Senior Climate Change Specialist)Yodit Balcha (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT-Africa Hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Climate Adaptation research officer)Maimuna Jawara (GLFx Banjul, Coordinator)Joab Langi Osumba (Adaptation Consortium (ADA), Agriculture Lead)Susan Omenyo (ADAPTA.EARTH, Climate Smart Agronomist)

Inspirational talk

Landscape talk: Visionaries for Earth's renewal

Ekoaba Cevie Engowei (GLFx Nkambe, Program Manager)Zipporah Chalwa (Ceriops Research Organization, Lead Community Engagement)Afy Malungu (Pulitzer Center, Program Manager - Congo Basin Outreach)Eliud N.Kimani (Thika River Basin Community)Emmanuela Shinta (Ranu Welum Foundation and GLFx Kalimantan, Director & Chapter Coordinator)Ana Yi Soto (Global Landscapes Forum, GLFx Coordinator)

Inspirational talk

Pioneering Visions for Earth

Linda Dassah Brian Kithinji (Association of Policy Practitioners)Bulimo Peter (Youth4Nature, INUKA Project coordinator)Monica Yator (Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative, Founder)

Changing the world through local action

Nkusi Gerald (Home of Kigezi, Executive Director)Eva Makandi (Light On A Hill, The GLF, Founder, Restoration Steward 2022)Clemencia Pinasco Ferreyros (GLFx Amazonia Peruana chapter, Communication Coordinator)Emmanuela Shinta (Ranu Welum Foundation and GLFx Kalimantan, Director & Chapter Coordinator)

Stewarding visions of justice and restoration

Apoorva Bose (G20 Global Initiative, UNCCD, Programme Coordinator)David Chapoloko (UNCCD, Land Hero)Mashrur Hossain Shurid (Ipage Global Inc, Bangladesh, President & CEO)Joann Lee (G20 Global Land Initiative / UNCCD, Programme Officer)Adrian Leitoro (Nature and People as One (NAPO) co-founder & GLFx Africa Officer, Co-founder, Dryland Restoration Steward 2022)Clemencia Pinasco Ferreyros (GLFx Amazonia Peruana chapter, Communication Coordinator)Emmanuela Shinta (Ranu Welum Foundation and GLFx Kalimantan, Director & Chapter Coordinator)

Our Documents

GLFx Overview

Our Media

Africa Chapters Summit

GLFx knowledge sharing

GLF Nairobi Watch Party - GLF Ibadan Chapter

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)