To unite and empower youth (aged 18-35 years) from diverse backgrounds around the world to have a voice, and affect positive change in their landscapes and livelihoods.
By Abby Waldorf, Communications and Engagement Officer at the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. You’re sitting in a conference session with your hand raised high, waiting to make a comment on the new policy proposed. Time is running short, so you know you will have to make your point quickly. How can you […]
By the Global AgroEcology Alliance (GAEA) As we sat listening to the many speakers at the first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Warsaw last year, we began to envision a future for ourselves in which we could be engaged professionally in tackling some of the complex, inter-dependent issues – those “wicked problems” – about which […]
Otim Joseph first started planting trees to protect his mother and sisters from being raped. Growing up amid a civil war, he watched as the Ugandan army cut down swathes of forest to make it easier to hunt rebel Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers – with devastating consequences for local women and girls.“ This meant that […]
“We now have the largest youth and most restless generation in human history. Too many activities happen without input from young people.” — Sithembile Ndema, FANRPAN Rural youth are the future of agricultural production — their engagement will determine future food production, and their actions will define how food production impacts the environment. They will […]
Joseph Otim was just two years old when the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency began in Uganda. Military groups were engaged in extensive deforestation and there was widespread lumbering to produce income-generating charcoal. Forests and local landscapes had become yet another casualty of the conflict. Once the war was over however, a new struggle had […]
On Saturday I gave a talk at COP19 about empowering youth to overcome challenges. During the talk I introduced Connect4Climate (C4C) and their work over the past two years to engage the global community in climate change conversations. I also told a story about my experience meeting a group of teenage rappers through C4C and […]
