10 Years  of the Global Landscapes Forum

Over the past ten years, we’ve been on a mission to solve the planetary crisis through the landscape approach. We’ve hosted conferences, workshops, and training across the globe and online, brought Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth to the global stage, worked with young stewards and launched community-led GLF chapters across the Global South to restore the Earth’s landscapes.

Join us in celebrating a decade of the GLF! 

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

Rights

Measuring Progress

Heatwaves, drought, floods and wildfires are threatening the rights to life, health, food, water and housing of millions of people. But rights can also be an important part of the solution – especially for Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups.

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

Restoration

Measuring Progress

Is land degradation the crisis the world forgot? Our planet’s landscapes are losing their ability to sustain us, and there’s only one way out: bringing them back to health. Here’s how people are restoring ecosystems all over the world – and how you can get involved.

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

Sustainable finance and value chains

Measuring Progress

The climate crisis is expensive. Even the most affordable solutions will require hundreds of billions of dollars a year to implement – especially if we are to truly achieve climate justice for communities in the Global South. Here are some ways to start raising those funds.

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

Food and livelihoods

Measuring Progress

This year, about 735 million people faced hunger around the world. Conflict and the climate crisis are ravaging our food systems, wiping out crops and sending global food prices soaring. It’s time to rethink how we feed ourselves.

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

Measuring progress

Measuring Progress

Our planet is at breaking point. As the dust settles after COP28, what can we do now to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises? From youth climate activism to sustainable cities, here are some of our favorite solutions to the challenges humanity is facing.

MUST-SEE SPEAKERS

Discover the diverse array of global voices that have taken to our stage over
the past 10 years.

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BEST OF YOUTH & LOCAL ACTION

YOUTH

Join the growing global movement of 60,000+ young people for sustainable landscapes. We offer a special youth program at every GLF event, including competitions, workshops, dialogues and more.

LOCAL ACTION

The GLFx network of community-led chapters brings together grassroots organizations working to transform landscapes across three regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

BEST OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND VALUE CHAINS

How can we fund the transition to a green economy? With our partners, we work to catalyze investment in nature-based solutions and sustainable value chains.

IN PHOTOS

Visitors at a photo exhibition outside GLF Warsaw 2013. Held alongside COP19, the first-ever GLF event gathered 1,200 participants in Warsaw and 1,600 people online.

A full house at GLF Paris 2015. Hosted alongside COP21, this event brought together over 3,000 people to forge climate solutions through sustainable land use.

Wanjira Mathai, director of the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER) Hub at the Wangari Maathai Institute, welcomes a plenary and roundtable at GLF Marrakech 2016.

Youth participants gather for a photo at the closing of GLF Bonn 2018, which brought together 1,000 people to connect, learn and share ideas and experiences to build sustainable landscapes.

Performers and participants take to the stage to celebrate the closing of GLF Accra 2019, a hybrid event that united thousands online and in Accra, Ghana, around the restoration of Africa’s landscapes.

Speakers at GLF Biodiversity 2020: One World – One Health. This online event gathered 5,000+ people online to advocate for the importance of biodiversity in preventing pandemics and climate change.

Lina Dolores Pohl Alfaro, minister of environment and natural resources of El Salvador, speaks at the 3rd GLF Investment Case Symposium 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Kenya-based GLF Restoration Stewards visiting Kuku Group Ranch, a project site managed by 2021 Dryland Restoration Steward Charity Lanoi.

A youth workshop at GLF Nairobi 2023: A New Vision for Earth. Hosted online and in Nairobi, Kenya, this event gathered 7,000 people to craft a survival guide for the climate and other planetary crises.

In November 2023, the GLF Youth team and Latin America-based Restoration Stewards embarked on a field trip to the mountains of Tolima, Colombia, to meet and learn from local experts.