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WHAT’S NEW
Releases, Trello boards and other press materials
11 November 2025
10 September 2025
TRELLO BOARD: #MajorityForAction at COP30 – We’re heading to Belém with GLF Climate and the 8th GLF Investment Case.
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Selection of experts from diverse fields and regions. Keep an eye out for expert updates –at the top of the list– matching GLF events and themes unfolding throughout the year.
For more information or to connect with the experts below or others in similar areas or different regions, email k.quintero@cifor-icraf[dot]org and media@globallandscapesforum[dot]org
MEDIA LAB
Curated conversations, tools and fresh takes on journalism and media to better report on and portray environmental topics.
Making forests click: Engaging youth through digital storytelling
By Yunanto Wiji Utomo, Visual Interaktif Kompas. 2025
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How we make young people care about forests
By Kiyo Dörrer, Planet A, Deutsche Welle (DW). 2025
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Forest and landscape restoration: technologies to select trees and monitor impact.
By Tor-Gunnar Vågen, CIFOR-ICRAF. 2025
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MEDIA MARKET
AFRICAN FORESTS STORY GRANT
Are you a journalist passionate about uncovering stories where forests and communities meet? We want to hear your pitch.
Who is this grant for?
Journalists collaborating with regional African media outlets who have a strong record of reporting on environmental, climate or community issues and have not yet received a GLF grant.
What stories are we looking for?
We want to portray Africa’s forest frontlines – communities driving sustainable forest management and conservation. We will help successful applicants connect with changemakers engaged in the REDD+ mechanism and the GLFx network to illustrate how local action strengthens livelihoods, protects ways of life and delivers global impact.
Your story may explore how forests intersect with either community well-being, climate and biodiversity action, gender equality, youth engagement, inclusive decision-making, sustainable REDD+/forest finance, land tenure rights, Indigenous Peoples’ leadership, local livelihoods, governance, connecting this with Sustainable Development Goals among other global goals.
How to apply?
Submit a 250-word pitch here by 19 November 2025 outlining your original story idea. Include key angles, preferred format (written, audio, audiovisual, visual or multimedia), and a brief dissemination plan, along with a letter of interest or commitment from your editor. Stories should be based in one or more African countries or regions where communities participate in REDD+ (map here) and GLFx chapters (map here). Applications are welcome in English or French.
What does the grant include?
The African Forests Story Grant, an initiative of the UN-REDD Programme, the African Forest Forum (AFF) and the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), will support three journalists with USD 500 each and personalized editorial guidance from the REDD+ and GLFx teams. Payment will be made upon publication. Stories must be published by 14 December 2025.
The application deadline is 19 November 2025. Finalists will be announced by 26 November 2025. The grant may be declared void if none of the proposals are considered viable.
Questions? Contact Kelly Quintero at k.quintero@cifor-icraf.org and Jackline Kimathi at j.kimathi@cifor-icraf.org.