The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) saw unprecedented digital growth during 2020, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. It pioneered digital conferencing in the environmental space to connect the globe and fill science and knowledge gaps with its first fully digital conference in June.
Events
In 2020, GLF ran two major digital events, which over 10,000 people attended and millions more engaged with online:
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GLF Bonn 2020: Food in the time of crises, the first environmental digital conference of its kind – with over 300 speakers, hundreds of organizations, 235,000 engagements on social media, 22,000 messages plus 2,500 articles exchanged among participants – highlighted the need for platforms like GLF to continue including the voices of diverse knowledge holders from every corner of the world.
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GLF Biodiversity: One World – One Health – reached tens of millions of people, spotlighted ecosystem restoration and contributed to the next global biodiversity roadmap, advancing the global drive to ‘build back better’ with a set of seven policy recommendations.
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – the GLF has been named an official core partner in preparation for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, 2021–2030.
Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program – contributing to strategic knowledge management and communications in this World Bank-led platform.
Youth in Landscapes – engaging 60,000+ youth in landscape restoration. This year the initiative launched the Restoration Stewards programme, which provides funding and mentoring for six youth-led restoration projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Learning – developing professional courses on the free online learning platform Landscape Academy (on GLF’s five themes) with 18,000+ learners so far.
GLFx – building a global community, GLFx, to enable and accelerate action towards more sustainable landscapes.
Sustainable finance – partnering with the Government of Luxembourg to mainstream sustainable finance at the GLF Luxembourg Investment Cases event.
