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For me, the Youth In Landscapes Initiative was a week of magic.  It was inspiring in a professional and personal way. It taught me things and it made me feel useful. I would like to dedicate this post to the Youth in Landscapes community to thank everyone. I would like to thank the whole steering […]

As purpose driven companies continue to gain a strong footing in the global business environment, the demand for effective and profitable sustainability solutions is on the rise. Landscape restoration is often mentioned among such solutions and is said to offer a toolkit for building thriving sustainable businesses with high environmental standards and positive long-term social […]

By Andrew Johnstone on January 11, 2016 Produced under the auspices of the Four Basin Gender Profiles project of the Water, Land and Ecosystems Program of CGIAR, this film follows a group of ten youth innovators, mentored by Dr Alan Nicol from the International Water Management Institute, as they devise a solution to landscapes challenges to be pitched to […]

A few weeks ago, there was the Youth in Landscapes Initiative workshop, followed by the Global Landscapes Forum over the weekend. For a lot of people on Earth, 1st to 6th of December may have been an ordinary week, but for us these 6 days were so intense, so wonderful, so exponential, so giant that […]

“One of the highlights of this year’s Global Landscapes Forum in Paris was the Dragons Den session, hosted by the Youth in Landscapes Initiative. Young professionals, selected from around the world, worked together as teams to come up with innovative solutions to pressing landscape problems. The teams took part in a four day workshop to build their […]

By Ruth Meinzen-Dick. Originally published at WLE’s Thrive as “What would it take to strengthen women’s land rights?” The evidence base is growing: strengthening women’s land rights contributes to women’s empowerment and household welfare. Evidence is also showing that women who have more secure land tenure are more likely to plant trees or make other […]