Global Landscapes Forum

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led forum on integrated, sustainable land use accelerating action to build productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient landscapes. The GLF’s connection with communities, grassroots movements, and local change-makers, as well as large, multilateral donors puts it in a unique position to catalyze transformative change at scale. Today, the GLF has a thriving, global community centered on action and seeks to mainstream landscape thinking into development and conservation efforts as a core partner to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 - 2030 and the Global Environment Facility funded Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Programme.

Project data

Countries: Indonesia, Kenya, Peru
IKI funding: 11,160,000.00 €
Duration: 04/2017 till 07/2024
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Implementing Partner: 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
Online: http://www.landscapes.org/

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State of implementation/results

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 Africa debunked common myths about drylands and highlighted the importance of African drylands to the continent's sustainable development, while GLF Amazonia delivered a clear message: protecting the Amazon is critical to the survival of people and ecosystems worldwide. This culminated at GLF Climate, held alongside COP26, which explored the potential of forest restoration, resilient food systems, and sustainable finance as key solutions to the climate crisis.
GLF Climate 2022: Frontiers of Change was held in Sharm El-Sheikh as part of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27. The event brought together heads of state and government, renowned scientists, activists, indigenous leaders, and youth to intensively discuss these priority issues:
- Securing land rights for indigenous peoples and local communities
- Solutions to funding issues regarding ecosystem restoration.
- Presenting a communication and awareness campaign on forest landscape restoration.
The project has already reached more than 9,500 organizations, 60,000 youth, 123 governments, and 285,000 people from 185 countries, continuously increasing the transformative ambition of this effort
Opportunities to participate in GLF in 2023:
- GLF Nairobi Hybrid Conference, October 11-12, 2023: As part of a "new vision for the Earth," the conference is dedicated to sovereign solutions for Africa and presents a guide to saving a planet in crisis.
- Restoration Digital Forum, November 21, 2023: This forum brings together stakeholders involved in restoration activities to share their experiences regarding FLR and EbA in Africa and Latin America, and to promote new incentives through knowledge exchange.
- 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 - 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. Join the GLFx platform to connect with others committed to sustainable landscapes and be the first to hear about new opportunities in the network.
- 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.

Latest Update:
04/2024