Global Landscapes Forum
Healthy ecosystems maintain human livelihoods, counteract global climate change and protect biodiversity. To stop the increasing global degradation of ecosystems, strong networks and partnerships are needed. The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world's largest knowledge-led multi-stakeholder platform for integrated, sustainable land use. The project helped to establish the GLF community as a global and regional accelerator of good practices in sustainable landscape approaches. Furthermore, it was instrumental in supporting the preparation and implementation of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. For this purpose, the project engaged a broad group of stakeholders at all levels. It also developed inclusive guidelines and programs to provide local communities with practical tools and knowledge to initiate and scale up restoration actions.
- Countries
- Indonesia, Kenya, Peru
- IKI funding
- 11,160,000.00 €
- Duration
- 04/2017 till 12/2024
- Status
- completed
- Implementing organisation
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Political Partner
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- Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MECCF) - Kenya
- Ministry of Environment (MINAM) - Peru
- Ministry of Environment and Forestry - Kenya*
- State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) - Indonesia
- Implementing Partner
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- United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - USA
State of implementation/results
- Project completed.
- The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) has a thriving, action-oriented global community and is a key partner of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and the Global Environment Facility-funded Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program. The Luxembourg-GLF Partnership 2021-2024 will engage and catalyze private sector engagement in sustainable land use finance.
- GLF regional and global conferences brought thousands of people together online and in person to scale solutions and accelerate action on the ground.
- GLF has connected more than 25,000 organisations, more than 1.3 million youth, 123 governments, people from 185 countries – global reach over 2.9 billion people, successfully mainstreaming the Landscape Approach globally.
- The GLF launched its new multimedia story site, ThinkLandscape, replacing Landscape News. ThinkLandscape focuses on original, knowledge-backed news and worldwide feature stories about climate and landscape solutions.
- On June 6, 2024, the hybrid conference “GLF Peatlands” took place to discuss effective, appropriate and participatory management models for peatlands and the necessary political and financial instruments to support these models at national, regional and global level. 1,300 participants from 121 countries took part online or in the studio in Bonn and the event-related media campaign reached over 60 million people.
- Opportunities to participate in GLF in 2024:
- The Restoration Alliance is the GLF body that advocates for on-the-ground restoration. Whether through tree planting, coral reef restoration, stakeholder networking, local community building, and/or community capacity building, the Restoration Alliance is at the forefront of landscape restoration and sustainability around the world, contributing to global efforts under the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration.
- The Restoration Stewards program supports youth projects that restore landscapes around the world.
- The GLFx Community-led Chapter Initiative connects local actions and global agendas through independently organized events that advocate for landscape conservation, protection, and restoration.
- Visit the Landscape Academy to enrol in the best landscape courses offered by GLF and partners, or browse open learning resources to build your own curriculum.
- Visit or collaborate on ThinkLandscape platform, highlighting multimedia stories and solutions from all over the world.
- The Restoration Alliance is the GLF body that advocates for on-the-ground restoration. Whether through tree planting, coral reef restoration, stakeholder networking, local community building, and/or community capacity building, the Restoration Alliance is at the forefront of landscape restoration and sustainability around the world, contributing to global efforts under the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration.
Latest Update:
03/2025
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