{"id":13789,"date":"2015-09-18T06:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T06:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-2015\/?page_id=13789"},"modified":"2016-10-26T09:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T09:18:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/de\/youth-in-landscapes-initiative\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s youth are ready and willing to get our voices heard by actively engaging in environmentally and economically sustainable projects, providing with new and fresh ideas to forge solutions to the planet\u2019s greatest climate and development challenges.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a vision for an inclusive and equitable world where people come together to collaborate across boundaries, sectors and generations to achieve sustainability for our global and local landscapes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Youth in Landscapes Initiative contributes to that world by uniting and empowering youth (aged 18-35 years) from diverse backgrounds around the world to have a voice, and affect positive change in their landscapes and livelihoods. Since our first program in Warsaw alongside the first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the Youth in Landscapes Initiative has built intergenerational capacity of hundreds of GLF delegates, through skill building, networking, mentoring and leadership development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfvudZpW0cE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A super exciting programme that I was part of last year. Working with like-minded people works in so many subtle ways (apart from the obvious ones) that I still draw from this experience and realise anew the things I learnt. p.s. I miss everyone I met in Paris. The best thing to happen in a long time!\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015 alumnus.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Initiative is a partnership between the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifsa.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Forestry Students Association (IFSA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ypard.net\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaealliance.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Agroecology Alliance (GAEA).<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Together, these organisations represent over 18,000 young people working and studying in agriculture, forestry and agroecology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Youth in Landscapes Initiative is a program driven by youth for youth, we have a geographically diverse team of young people who volunteer their time to make the program happen.\u00a0Many of the team members\u00a0are program alumni. 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