Videos
Making pastoralism work for sustainable and resilient food systems in rangelands
3 Jun 2026
This session focuses on the question: How can livestock systems contribute to sustainable and resilient food systems that steward sustainable livelihoods, deliver healthy diets and promote rangeland health? The session brings together researchers, government officials, and practitioners to reframe rangelands as productive agri-food systems deserving investment, not just humanitarian response. Panelists explore the critical […]
Mobility and transhumance: Policy pathways for sustainable pastoral systems
3 Jun 2026
This session examines why pastoralist mobility continues to be undermined by sedentary bias in policy, land fragmentation, and governance frameworks that were never designed for mobile livelihoods. The panel and participants explores the policy and legal barriers hindering mobility across the Greater Horn of Africa, the progress and gaps in regional frameworks like the […]
The International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists on the road to UNCCD COP17
3 Jun 2026
As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists builds toward the UNCCD COP17, this session takes stock of what has been achieved, what remains unfinished, and what the pastoral movement must bring to the global table. Panelists examine how to shift investment in rangelands from top-down and extractive to ethical, community-led, and sustainable models, […]
How can we make anticipatory action work for pastoralists?
3 Jun 2026
This session examines why anticipatory action has yet to deliver meaningful results for pastoral communities across the Greater Horn of Africa – and what needs to change. Panelists explore whether anticipatory action can become more technocratic and centralized, privileging standardization and control or whether it can evolve in ways that strengthen local institutions, accountability […]
Smart landscapes: Harnessing science, AI, data and Indigenous Intelligence for rangeland futures
3 Jun 2026
How can AI and big data make African rangelands work for everyone? This plenary explores how emerging technologies such as AI, science and Indigenous and local knowledge can collectively transform rangelands and pastoralist systems. Learn how innovative and transformative technologies can improve monitoring, guide smarter policies and unlock investment. This session unpacks opportunities in […]
Unlocking finance, investments and livelihoods in rangeland and pastoralist economies
3 Jun 2026
This session explores how to unlock finance, investment and sustainable livelihoods in rangeland and pastoralist economies by aligning financial approaches with pastoral systems and realities. This includes adapting investment frameworks to reflect seasonal dynamics, communal tenure systems and long-term stewardship practices. Bringing together investors, policymakers and pastoralist representatives, the session highlights how capital can […]
Are the leaders we need in the room?
3 Jun 2026
What if the real crisis is not a lack of solutions, but a crisis of who we recognize as a leader? This powerful session brings together women changemakers to explore leadership beyond deficit narratives to recognize the power, agency, and innovation shaping Africa’s rangelands. It examines Indigenous knowledge, women’s leadership, community-led development, participatory decision-making and intergenerational wisdom, highlighting how centering local voices and challenging inherited narratives […]
So much knowledge, so little change? Fixing the science–policy–society gap in Africa’s rangelands
3 Jun 2026
Despite decades of research accompanied by investments and deep reserves of Indigenous knowledge, meaningful change on the ground remains elusive. This session brings together government officials, researchers, and practitioners to interrogate the persistent gaps in bridging the science-policy-society interface for accelerated impact, examining how fragmented knowledge production, power dynamics, institutional biases, and funding structures […]
Landscape Circle: Nurturing solidarity and active hope
29 May 2026
In a world that often reduces climate action to data, targets, and frameworks, this Landscape Circle session offers something deliberately different – a space to pause, connect, and engage in emotional reflection. Facilitated by the GLF Youth Program team, the session brings together youth practitioners, community leaders, and restoration stewards for a breathing exercise, […]
The power of honey: Nourishing people, landscapes and livelihoods
29 May 2026
This hands-on session blends storytelling, live cooking, and community knowledge to make the case for honey as a powerful but undervalued product at the intersection of rangelands, beekeeping, and food system transformation. Samuel Kiryanga from Grevy’s Zebra Trust shares how beekeeping through the Ramat assisted natural regeneration model is creating new income streams and […]
