GLF Nairobi 2023

CIFOR-ICRAF

Our Sessions

GLF Live with Éliane Ubalijoro: How is African leadership transforming landscapes?

Éliane Ubalijoro (CIFOR-ICRAF, Chief Executive Officer of CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General of ICRAF)

Karura Forest walk (registration required)

Regional observatories for sustainable African ecosystems

Abdon Awono (CIFOR-ICRAF, Scientist)Bwire Douglas Ombogoh (CIFOR-ICRAF, Research Officer)Richard Eba’a Atyi (CIFOR-ICRAF, Regional Coordinator Central Africa)Ngugi Kimani (RCMRD, OFESA Team Leader)Robert Nasi (CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR, Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR)Chouaibou Ntchoutpouen Aissatou Sy (Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Program Coordinator)

Scaling up sovereign solutions can make the Great Green Wall a reality

Anna D. Ndiaye (World Vision, Senegal, Project Coordinator)Pierre Dembélé (Sahel Eco, Executive Director)Mawa Karambiri (CIFOR-ICRAF, Burkina Faso, Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel)Birguy Lamizana Diallo (Sahel Initiatives and the Great Green Wall Accelerator (GGW), Global Mechanism of the UNCCD, Lead)Zougoulou Mahamat Abakar (Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall, Scientific and Technical Director)Peter Minang (CIFOR-ICRAF, Director of Africa)Nathalie Palogo (Tree Aid, Burkina Faso, Gender & Social Inclusion Officer)Elvis Paul Nfor Tangem (Great Green Wall Initiative, African Union Commission, Coordinator)M Ibrahim Touré (CIFOR-ICRAF, Mali country office, Acting country representative)

Opening plenary (Day 1): Transforming food systems and restoring landscapes through African-led...

Jenice Achieng (YPARD, Kenya Country Representative)Jochen Flasbarth (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany, State Secretary)Betty Kibaara (The Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Regional Office, Director in the Food Initiative)Daniel M. M'Mailutha (Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF), CEO)Peter Minang (CIFOR-ICRAF, Director of Africa)Philis Njane (Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Kenya, Deputy director of Research and Innovation and an Agricultural Economist)Janice Nkoyato Mutui (White Mountain)Ibrahim Thiaw (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Executive Secretary)Éliane Ubalijoro (CIFOR-ICRAF, Chief Executive Officer of CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General of ICRAF)Nabalayo Wattimah (Music-maker and Illustrator)

Reaping what we sow: The role of seed banks in a rapidly changing climate

Sunday Aladele (Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization at National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan, Nigeria, Research Director)Åsmund Asdal (Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Coordinator of Operation and Management)Ramni Jamnadass (CIFOR-ICRAF, Principal Scientist and Leader)Chrispus O.A. Oduori (KALRO, Chief Research Scientist)Stephan Schmitz (Global Crop Diversity Trust, Executive Director)Éliane Ubalijoro (CIFOR-ICRAF, Chief Executive Officer of CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General of ICRAF)

Restoration experiences workshop: On the ground lessons and experiences (invite-only)

Interactive session

Shaping Africa’s future through locally-led landscape restoration

Leigh Ann Winowiecki (CIFOR-ICRAF, Global Research Leader of Soil and Land Health at CIFOR-ICRAF and Co-lead of the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health)Audace Kubwimana (ILC, Africa Regional Coordinator)Mary Mutemi (Green Africa Foundation, Programs Manager)Isaac Tobiko (Community Land Action Now (CLAN), Executive Chair)

Karura Forest walk (registration required)

Karura Forest walk (registration required)

Win-win wildlife management: How conservation can improve livelihoods

Julia E. Fa (CIFOR-ICRAF, Senior Research Associate)Joseph Kivisi (CIFOR-ICRAF)Robert Nasi (CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR, Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR)Sagesse Nziavake (CIFOR-ICRAF)Susanne Wallenöffer (International Forest Policy, GIZ, Advisor)

Opening plenary (Day 2): A new vision for Earth

Salina Abraham (GLF Africa Hub, GLF Africa Regional Manager)John Colmey (GLF, Director)Agus Justianto (Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia, Director General of the Sustainable Forest Management)Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (Global Environment Facility, CEO and Chairperson)Grey Oletsa (Artist & Film-maker)Yamina Saheb (Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) & Senior Energy Policy Analyst, OpenExp)Emilia Santos (Artist)Vandana Shiva (Environmental Activist)Ayisha Siddiqa (Polluters Out, Co-Founder)Vivienne Yeda (East African Development Bank, Director General)

Scaling jurisdictional approaches for sustainable palm oil and agriculture

Leony Aurora (Tropical Forest Alliance)Marcello De Maria (School of Agriculture, Policy and Development - University of Reading, Postdoctoral Researcher)Ahmad Dermawan (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)Sonya Dewi (CIFOR-ICRAF, Director of Asia)Emily Gallagher (CIFOR-ICRAF, Scientist)Dida Gardera (Indonesia, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs)Beria Leimona (CIFOR-ICRAF Indonesia, Senior Expert, Landscape Governance and Investment)Herry Purnomo (CIFOR-ICRAF, Senior Scientist and Country Director)Hendrik Segah (Palangkaraya University)Melissa Thomas (Conservation International)

Everything you need to know about integrated landscape management

Mapping a new vision for biodiversity, climate resilience and food security

Uncovering promising pathways toward low-emission food systems

Elizabeth Adobi Okwuosa (KALRO, Soil scientist)Laura Cramer (International Livestock Research Institute, Policy engagement specialist)Bernard Kimoro (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya, Head Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability, State Department for Livestock)Christopher Martius (CIFOR-ICRAF, Team Leader, Climate Change, Energy & Low-Carbon Development)

Closing plenary: A survival guide for humanity

Tim Christophersen (Salesforce, VP, Climate Action)Sandrine Dixson Decleve (Club of Rome, Co-President)Lyla June (Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages)Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (CGIAR System Board, Chair)Bill McKibben (Third Act, Author, Educator, Activist, and Founder)Ruth Nesoba (Kenya Editors Guild, BBC World Service, Vice President, Regional (East Africa) Deployments and Newsgathering Assistant Editor)Otto Scharmer (Senior Lecturer at MIT and Founding Chair of the Presencing Institute)Marina Silva (Government of Brazil, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change)Éliane Ubalijoro (CIFOR-ICRAF, Chief Executive Officer of CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General of ICRAF)

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)