GLF Nairobi 2023

UTC+3 (Nairobi, Kenya)

How land restoration can heal the planet

Oct 12, 2023 | 12:15 - 13:00
Conference Hall

Rural development and green jobs Locally-led landscape solutions

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This session will take stock of progress towards land restoration and what needs to be done to eliminate land degradation and move further towards restoration and regeneration. Through a food systems lens, it will examine how land use for food production needs to change in the decades ahead.

Speakers

Peter Mbanda Umunay

Senior Environmental Specialist, FOLUR and Food Systems Programs Lead

Global Environment Facility

Duncan Okowa

Research Associate

Landscape Policy Accelerator

Mary Perpetua Kwakuyi

Executive Director

Goshen Global Vision

Organizations

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)