By Simon Riley. Simon Riley is an agronomist and independent researcher with the Global AgroEcology Alliance and a development reporter for the Global South Development Magazine.   With the GLF14 approaching and my residence in Sri Lanka drawing to an end, I took the opportunity to visit the Belipola Arboretum and Forest Garden, a living […]

By Marie-Eve Jean. Marie-Ève Jean is a 24 year old graduate student of water resources engineering at the University of Alberta, in Canada. She is actively engaged in community agriculture and water resources management, having volunteered in a community center in Rwanda and on a reforestation project in Costa Rica. She is passionate about international […]

By Michelle Kovacevic, Coordinator of youth activities at the Global Landscapes Forum This blog was originally published on SciDev.Net This time last year, I was only just starting to understand the participation challenges that young people across the world face when attending large science policy conferences. On the surface, it seems progress has been made, with many […]

Jaime Webbe was one of our inspiring youth moderators of the Youth in Southeast Asia special session at the Forests Asia Summit, held in Jakarta in May this year. During this session, Jaime led a group of youth through a ‘knowledge expedition’ to identify the key skills that young people need to engage in and […]

Submitted by Aristia Hady Wanjaya. Aristia Hady Wanjaya was one of our inspiring youth moderators of the Youth in Southeast Asia session at the Forests Asia Summit held in Jakarta in May this year. During the youth session Aristia led a series of roundtable discussions to come up with recommendations, from youth, for equitable benefit sharing and sustainable […]

Yi Ying Teh was one of our inspiring youth moderators of the Youth in Southeast Asia special session at the Forests Asia Summit, held in Jakarta in May this year. During the youth session, Yi Ying led a series of roundtable discussions on forest governance issues in Southeast Asia, and took centre stage as Master […]