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Dear reader,
Almost half of the Earth’s soils are degraded – and it’s hindering our ability to feed ourselves and combat the climate crisis.
This month, we’ll dig into how social innovation can help heal our planet and its soils. Plus, tickets are now available for GLF Africa and GLF Climate, so grab yours now.
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FREE DIGITAL FORUM ON SOIL RESTORATION
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As global food prices soar and millions go hungry, how can we redesign our food systems to feed the world more effectively and sustainably?
Tomorrow, 15 July, tune into our free Digital Forum in partnership with TMG to learn how social innovation can help farmers adopt more sustainable soil management practices.
We’ll be joined by leading global experts and local changemakers to discuss projects and success stories from Benin, Burkina Faso and Kenya.
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GLF AFRICA 2022: LAST CHANCE FOR SOLIDARITY SESSIONS
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On 15 September, we’ll gather thousands of people online to explore how Africa can build a resilient food future. Tickets are free for all African residents and just €10 for everyone else with our early bird discount.
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Here are some of our latest speakers:
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President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Republic of Botswana
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Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
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Ineza Grace
Coordinator, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition |
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Saliem Fakir
Executive Director, The African Climate Foundation |
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Check out the full list here.
Are you a digital innovator or grassroots organization working to build a sustainable food future for Africa? We’ll waive our fee to host a session at GLF Africa. Applications are due tomorrow (15 July), so be quick!
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GLF CLIMATE + GLF INVESTMENT CASE
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Tickets are now available for the digital edition of GLF Climate, which will be held on 11 November alongside COP27. We’re offering free admission if you’re either aged 35 and under or working with an NGO in the Global South.*
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Here are a few of the speakers you’ll hear from:
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Vice-Chair, Inter-
governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Founder & Senior Advisor, Fundo Casa Socio Ambiental
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Bangladeshi attorney and environmentalist Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)
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Director,
Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, National University of Singapore
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Here’s how you can get involved, from volunteering to joining our special youth program. If you’d like to attend in person in Sharm El Sheikh, we’ll be in touch soon with more details.
*See full eligibility criteria on the event registration page
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And on December, we’re hosting the world’s leading conference on sustainable finance in the Global South in Luxembourg and online. Sign up for our mailing list, and we’ll be in touch with further details.
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SEED FUNDING FOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
GLF CHAPTERS
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Are you protecting or restoring landscapes in Latin America and the Caribbean? If so, the GLFx initiative has an opportunity to help your project grow.
We’re offering seed funding of €5,000 each to support five GLF Chapters in protecting and restoring forest areas across the region.
Here’s how our Guatemalan chapter is making a difference. Will your project be next?
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LANDSCAPE NEWS: TOP STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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British journalist Dom Phillips (right) and Brazilian Indigenous expert and activist Bruno Pereira.
Illustration by Cristiano Siqueira
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One of the most tragic parts of the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira is that it wasn’t unique.
It followed a template that has become a norm for the deaths of people protecting the environment in contested parts of the world: planned, threatened, taken to the authorities, and nevertheless occurring just as the killers said it would.
On the one hand, it says a lot about the value we place on different lives that it took a high-profile murder to have this issue to make headlines.
But on the other hand, the public awareness raised by this killing might finally be enough to force change in these patterns.
In the words of a Brazilian lawyer we interviewed who’s been following such murders for years: “I think people have to take advantage of this moment to transform this anger that we feel about what’s happening into action.”
“We cannot just say this can’t happen anymore.”
A lawyer speaks on the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
Top 6 new picture books about nature
…that are worth reading for adults too
Sadhguru speaks: The intersection of life and soil
An interview with the spiritual leader on restoring the universe beneath our feet
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All the best,
The GLF team
Get in touch!
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The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members.
Charter Members: CIRAD, CIFOR-ICRAF, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FAO, FSC, GEF, GIZ, IPMG, CIAT, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, ILRI, INBAR, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, The Crop Trust, UNCCD, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmers' Organisation, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), World Bank Group. |
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