GLF Nairobi 2023

UTC+3 (Nairobi, Kenya)

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

Oct 11, 2023 | 09:00 - 09:45
Conference Hall

Locally-led landscape solutions Environmental justice and rights

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This session will give the floor to people from across the Sahel to present local, sovereign solutions that have advanced the vision of the Great Green Wall: thriving rural communities in restored, healthy landscapes between Senegal and Djibouti. These include local tree-based value enterprises, farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) and grazing systems. A discussion on how these local solutions can be scaled and how the Great Green Wall can drive a change will follow.

Speakers

Anna D. Ndiaye

Project Coordinator

World Vision, Senegal

Pierre Dembélé

Executive Director

Sahel Eco

Mawa Karambiri

Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel

CIFOR-ICRAF, Burkina Faso

Birguy Lamizana Diallo

Lead

Sahel Initiatives and the Great Green Wall Accelerator (GGW), Global Mechanism of the UNCCD

Zougoulou Mahamat Abakar

Scientific and Technical Director

Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall

Peter Minang

Director of Africa

CIFOR-ICRAF

Nathalie Palogo

Gender & Social Inclusion Officer

Tree Aid, Burkina Faso

Elvis Paul Nfor Tangem

Coordinator

Great Green Wall Initiative, African Union Commission

M Ibrahim Touré

Acting country representative

CIFOR-ICRAF, Mali country office

Organizations

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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)