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Founded in 2022, the Forest4Life initiative is dedicated to restoring degraded land in Bugesera, Rwanda, through reforestation, agroforestry, and sustainable land management practices. By planting native trees, training farmers in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and conservation agriculture, and engaging youth in environmental stewardship, the initiative aims to enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and build a sustainable future.

Forest4Life seeks to restore 1,000 hectares of degraded land by planting 50,000 indigenous trees and safeguarding wildlife habitats. Running from September 2023 to December 2025, the initiative focuses on enhancing biodiversity, involving local communities in sustainable land management, and utilizing technology to track progress. By promoting eco-friendly practices, creating jobs, and boosting carbon sequestration, the project will make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation.

Check out their work here

Chapter Coordinator

Claudine Kamanzi

claudikamanzi@gmail.com

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Dulungan Youth is a youth-led organization in Antique, Philippines advocating for biodiversity conservation. They integrate traditional and scientific knowledge in their efforts to restore land through implementing agroecology and agroforestry practices and natural regeneration through the Dulungan community tree nursery.

Dulungan Youth has hosted art and ecology workshops, cultural restoration programs, such as workshops on traditional weaving as well as numerous awareness-raising events to safeguard the critically endangered Rufous-headed Hornbill or ‘Dulungan.’

Check out their work here.

Chapter coordinator

Jann Vinze Barcinal

jann.vinze@gmail.com

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The Biodiversity Rescue Club (BRC) is restoring mangroves in the Esierebom community, of Cross River State, Nigeria. Despite supporting biodiversity and maintaining water quality, the mangroves in the Esierebom community have suffered extensive degradation due to settlement expansion, timber extraction, demand for firewood and aquaculture.

The primary objective of this restoration effort is to revive the natural structure of the mangrove forests. Additionally, the restoration project conserves and enhances biodiversity by providing a safe habitat for endangered and threatened species.

By planting mangroves the BRC helps their landscapes sequester and store significant amounts of carbon. Their efforts help offset greenhouse gas emissions and support the wellbeing of people and the planet.

Learn more here

Chapter coordinator

Oko Clement Adagbor

okoclement30@gmail.com

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The Consortium pour la Promotion des Initiatives et de Développement is an organization that focuses on sustainable agriculture adapted to the drylands of the Moyen Chari district of Chad.

Drought and erosion pose constant challenges in the region and this organization promotes regenerative agricultural techniques to improve soil fertility and water management while strengthening the climate resilience of local communities.

They harmonize agricultural practices with environmental requirements for the sustainable development of the province.

Check out their work here

Chapter coordinator

Gandi Bini Djabou

ganda.copidev@gmail.com

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Parc Tropical de Farankaraina, Maroantsetra, Madagascar

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The non-profit Fandroakando conserves flora and fauna in the Farankaraina forest in the Maroantsetra district of Madagascar. The Farankaraina forest is the wettest region of the country and is host to eight threatened lemur species.

However, many local villagers derive their livelihoods from agriculture and forest resource exploitation, which is contributing to land degradation.

Fandroakando works with locals to reforest the area and patrol the area to stop illegal activities. They also support eco-tourism in the area to amplify their mission.

Learn more here: https://www.fandroakando.ong/

Chapter coordinator

RAZAFNDRAKOTO Noromampiandra

noromampiandra@gmail.com

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Nourish Africa focuses on landscape and biodiversity restoration across degraded forests and semi-arid regions in Tanzania. They fight the climate crisis, gender equality and poverty. To do this, they restore ecosystems and enhance biodiversity by restoring flora and fauna.

Nourish Africa engages women farmers and local communities using sustainable agricultural practices. Through education and collaboration, they help communities protect their natural heritage, ensuring long-term environmental sustainability.

Their initiatives also address climate resilience, improving local livelihoods and safeguarding ecological diversity.

Learn more here: https://nourishafrica.org

Chapter coordinator

Balbina Andrew

balbina@nourishafrica.org

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The Uru Uru Team is an Indigenous-led initiative dedicated to restoring the Uru Uru Lake in central western Bolivia using nature-based solutions. The team focuses on building floating rafts by recycling plastic bottles found in the lake. These rafts are topped with native aquatic plants called totoras, which are crucial for the phytoremediation process, by which the native totoras absorb heavy minerals from the lake's polluted waters, helping to purify them.

The team's efforts also include leading peaceful protests urging authorities to take effective action, advocating for the cessation of mining activities, establishing a community garden and organizing dialogues to spread and strengthen their mission.

The community's goal is to restore and heal the Uru Uru Lake with methods rooted in respect, care and harmony with Mother Earth.

Check out their work here

Chapter coordinator

Dayana Blanco

dayanabq204@gmail.com

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Caatinga - Marruás, Tauá - Ceará, Brazil

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The Xique-Xique agroecological farm is situated in Quilombo in northeastern Brazil. The farm's main focus is restoring land, building capacity and raising awareness through sustainable land management and agroforestry systems.

These systems reintegrate people into their environment, enabling them to produce food, generate income, and restore degraded environments in the Caatinga ecosystem. The Quilombo Lagoas encompasses more than 62,000 hectares, 119 communities, and 5042 people.

The municipalities within Quilombo Lagoas have some of the lowest human development indexes in Brazil. Facing the threat of iron ore mining, people are turning to agroecology to defend the Caatinga, the largest seasonally dry tropical forest in South America.

Learn more here

Chapter coordinator

Maria Geane

mariageanebastos@gmail.com

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The Red de Turismo Local San Rafael strengthens biodiversity and sustainable rural development, improving local livelihoods and quality of life through responsible practices and the conservation of local species.

Their goal is to ensure a good life by generating income for communities and preserving their natural and cultural environment. They address environmental degradation caused by mass tourism, biodiversity loss and a lack of effective public policies.

The Red de Turismo works to ensure rural families don’t suffer from the high carbon footprint generated by construction and other industries by implementing ecotourism and other opportunities to earn income.

Learn more here: https://toursanrafael.com/en/travel-to-san-rafael/

Chapter coordinator

Daniela Daza

ledada2022@gmail.com

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The Rede de Coletores Geraizeiros is a non-profit network in Brazil’s Cerrado biome creating sustainable income sources for their local communities. They have created a seed-collection network in the Cerrado where they collect, process and sell seeds to combat land degradation.

They work with youth, Indigenous Peoples and local communities to bolster their livelihoods while maintaining their traditional customs and ways of life.

Learn more here: https://www.coletoresgeraizeiros.com.br/

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The Zoo Outreach Organisation in the Western Himalaya, India, focuses on conserving biodiversity, ecosystems and livelihoods through science, education, training and outreach.

The Himalayan Langur Project, initiated by the Zoo Outreach Organisation in 2012 aims to restore the broad-leaf oak and pine forest habitats. By collaborating with local farmers, the project focuses on growing a mix of fruiting trees and native vegetation to revitalize this deteriorated ecosystem.

The Himalayan Restoration Project, an extension of the organization's efforts, collaborates with communities and women's self-help groups to restore highly degraded forests, provide ecology-based livelihoods to communities and create wildlife corridors.

Learn more here: zooreach.org

Chapter coordinator

Trisa Bhattacharjee

trisa@zooreach.org

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The Tierra Viva Foundation is working with farmers in rural areas of northern Ecuador across dry forests, paramo and mountains. These regions are home to Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Ecuadorians and mestizos.

The organization works with families to embrace agroecological transitions to promote sustainable farm management. The Fundación Tierra Viva provides communities with technical support and helps identify alternative economic opportunities to boost local livelihoods.

Learn more here: https://tierravivaecuador.org/

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The Green Youth Collective (GYC) is a social enterprise founded in 2013 at the early stage of the grow-your-own-food movement in Vietnam. The GYC works to recycle nutrients through closed-loop, small-scale farming at family and community levels.

They engage youth, farmers, women and workers in need of community groups to help people develop skills in regenerative gardening, waste management and environmental education.

The GYC has regenerative learning centers to create well-being for nature and people.

Learn more here: https://greenyouthcollective.org/

Chapter Coordinator

Hanh Vu

hanh@greenyouthcollective.org

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Regenerative Living-Learning Centers in Vietnam

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Rumah Relawan Remaja (3R) is a peace volunteer center in Aceh, Indonesia. 3R combines humanitarian aid, education and social entrepreneurship to build a culture of peace and resilience among their communities.

Founded in 2013, the community runs diverse programs, including disaster and conflict emergency responses, village libraries, alternative education and interactive learning for children and youth in remote villages.

They run Peace Camps and Peace Schools to foster communal living, environmental care and harmony through traditional and creative activities.

Learn more here: https://rumahrelawanremaja.or.id/

Chapter Coordinator

Rahmiana Rahman

rahmianarahman@gmail.com

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Lokal Lab is a grassroots NGO working with local communities to create a sustainable future for Siargao Island, a well-touristed island in the Philippines. Together with the Siargao communities Lokal Lab facilitates a farm network, hosts a youth-led storytelling club and spreads environmental education through their Eco Campus and Tropical Academy.

Community building is the cornerstone of their work to create a healthy relationship between people and the planet.

Learn more here: https://www.lokallab.org/

Chapter Coordinator

Iris Aroa

iris@lokallab.org

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The Union Ashaninka Nomatsigenga of the Pangoa Valley, or GLFx Pangoa Kanuja,  is an indigenous cooperative made of farmers and producers from the Asháninka and Nomatisgenga communities in Peru.

This cooperative produces sustainable coffee and cocoa and helps local communities sell their products at the national and international level while maintaining their artisan practices.

By providing technical and marketing help across various local producers this cooperative helps boost economies in these indigenous communities.

You can check out their work here.

Chapter Coordinator:

Raphael Paucar Cárdenas

rpaucar@inbar.int

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The Ceriops Environmental Research Organization uses practical research to inform community initiatives in ocean conservation and restoration. Their vision is to promote sustainable utilization of coastal and ocean resources while conserving natural ecosystems in the East African Coastal Region.

They work across many projects including mangrove restoration, coral reef conservation, and marine research programs with local universities along the East African coast in Kenya. Their mission is to restore degraded coastal ecosystems while exploring additional livelihoods for local communities.

You can check out their work here.

Chapter Coordinator:

Levis Sirikwa

levis.sirikwa@gmail.com

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The Salumayag Youth Collective for Forests is an Indigenous youth and women-led organization that empowers communities in Bukidnon, Philippines in stewarding their ancestral lands through regenerative practices. Preserving their Manobo ancestral culture is at the heart of their work and they strive to live off the land and be primarily self-sustaining.

One of their initiatives, the Bukidnon Seed Stewards Project, helps enable local communities to share seeds and knowledge during these regular exchanges. They also help teach youth about ancestral knowledge and forest identification.

You can check out their work here.

Chapter Coordinator:

Amor Gloria Paredes

gaparedes28@gmail.com

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Taniala Regenerative Camp is an effort focused on enriching biodiversity and regenerating ecosystems in Madagascar through agroforestry. Their name ‘Taniala’ speaks to their work as ‘tany’ means soil and ‘ala means forest in their local language Malagasy.

Taniala has successfully regenerated three acres of land through community engagement, creating a tree nursery and producing 10,000 tree seedlings. This camp is a beautiful example of a community-led project to restore soil fertility in a semi-arid area and to involve locals in hands-on training in landscape management.

You can learn more about their work here.

Chapter Coordinator:

Tahina Roland Frederic

tahinarolandfrederic@gmail.com

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GLFx Tolima is an interdisciplinary volunteer team from El Líbano, Tolima, that carries out environmental education activities and projects for ecological rehabilitation. They are creating a socioenvironmental corridor by planting native trees to bring back several endangered birds including the Tolima Dove and Yellow-headed brush finch.

Rediversifying the area is important both for the wildlife as well as the land that has been degraded by extensive coffee farming.

With strong female leadership and allies such as the SELVA organization, this chapter is creating tree nurseries and seed beds and educating landowners as to the importance of diversifying plant life to safeguard their land, livelihoods, and native species of birds.

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GLFx Tolima chapter coordinator

Ledis Arango

ledarangov@gmail.com

Location:

Líbano, Tolima, Colombia

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GLFx Plan de Amayo is helping to build a biological corridor in El Salvador. This project is increasing the forest cover in the Los Cobanos Conservation Area and benefits native riparian forests.

Led by Fundación Tacuzcalco, they work to raise awareness of the need to care for the environment among rural communities as well as host tree planting campaigns to get people involved in restoration. Their work is both preventative and restorative as they are helping communities prevent fires and also to care for biodiversity affected by agrochemicals.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Plan de Amayo chapter coordinator

Ernesto Paredes

funtacuzcalco@gmail.com

Location:

Sonsonate, El Salvador

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Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla, Guatemala

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Red de Restauracion de la Costa Sur, or GLFx South Coast Guatemala, is a restoration network that connects landscape leaders in Guatemala to enhance individual efforts through shared knowledge and practices. Their mission is to restore degraded land in the Pacific lowlands of Guatemala, and they accomplish this by creating tree nurseries and collective native plant seeds for restoration activities, as well as hosting training on sustainable land management.

This is an initiative of the Private Institute for Research on Climate Change (ICC), the National Forest Institute (INAB), and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Check out their work here.

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GLFx South Coast Guatemala chapter coordinator

Lynn Sylvestre Hernandez

lhernandez@icc.org.gt

Location:

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla, Guatemala

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The Adventure Learning and Community Development Initiative (ALCDI Uganda) works with farmers, communities and the Batwa Indigenous people to conserve and protect the Virunga, landscape in Uganda.

To conserve mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, golden monkeys, forest elephants, buffalos, over 1500 bird species, and more, ALCDI collaborates with governmental agencies such as the Uganda Wildlife Authority in protected and World Heritage sites, including Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks, forest reserves, and freshwater ecosystems.

ALCDI Uganda aims to enhance community-led restoration and conservation efforts through food-forest projects, the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge, and by facilitating collaboration and responsible tourism in the region.

Located in the Greater Virunga range landscape, ALCDI Uganda has a vision of growing 5 million trees and building a community of 100,000 food forest creators across Uganda and Africa by 2030. They are improving livelihoods and boosting nutrition and well-being by creating food forests and supporting self-sustaining eco-friendly social enterprises.

You can find their page here.

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GLFx Virunga chapter coordinator

Gerald Nkusi

home.kigezi@gmail.com

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Located in Simanjiro - Tanzania, the Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative (TACCEI) works with the Indigenous Maasai Community to ensure that communities and wildlife thrive together.

So far, they have trained 150 community members in creating household gardens and helped more than 200 women strengthen their entrepreneurship. TACCEI is also enhancing environmental education through environmental clubs in 20 primary and secondary schools and has programs to reduce human-elephant conflicts.

You can read their diverse work here.

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GLFx Maasia Steppe chapter coordinator

Joshua Laizer

jlaizer02@gmail.com / communications@taccei.org

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RimaAfrika Trust, is an organization working on building capacity, awareness, and behavior change towards achieving climate justice, food security, and conserving the natural environment.

Located in Harare, Zimbabwe, this GLFx chapter promotes organic nutrition and agroecology through free training and input support for rural households. To date, they have supported over 200 nutrition gardeners, 20 mushroom-growing projects, and five bee-keeping startups.

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Check out their work here.

GLFx Harare chapter coordinator

Darlington Mafa

darlingtonmafa@yahoo.com

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Sierra Leonne Environmental Matters (SLEM) aims to create a thriving environment in Sierra Leone by developing a more robust curriculum for environmental education.

Through their Environment Journey Program, SLEM has taught eco-friendly practices to over 400 students, established school gardens, planted trees, and set up volunteer programs within the Kenema district, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

GLFx Kenema, the youth-led chapter hosted by SLEM, offers a training program for local teachers to incorporate restoration concepts into school curriculums, organizes tree-planting campaigns with children, and seeks to establish a community eco-tourism program.

See their work here.

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GLFx Kenema chapter coordinator

Maryam Kwajaffa

maryamkwajaffa1@gmail.com

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Dufatanye is an organization working with their community to combat poverty, hunger, and malnutrition through improved agriculture practices.

In the Nyanza District, Rwanda, Dufatanye creates ‘villages of hope’ by supplying families with fruit trees, chickens, and kitchen gardens. So far Dufatanye has helped 25 villages and hopes to support several hundred in the coming years.

Check out their work here.

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GLF Nyanza chapter coordinator

Godfrey Karema

dufatanyeass@yahoo.co.uk

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Survivor Aid is a non-profit humanitarian organization enhancing socioeconomic development for local communities. Founded in 2017, and a member of GLFx since 2023, GLFx Juba aims to strengthen social cohesion, enhance community participation, and guide good governance with equal opportunity for socioeconomic development after prolonged conflict in South Sudan.

The chapter’s thematic areas include agriculture and food security, general protection (including psychosocial support, child protection and victim assistance), climate change and environmental protection, local peacebuilding, disaster preparedness, conflict resolution and rule of law, health and nutrition, and reintegration.

Check out some of their efforts here.

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GLFx Juba chapter coordinator

Abraham Wani Alfred

info.survivoraid@gmail.com

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Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS) was established in 1993 and registered as a Ghanaian NGO in 1996.

Since its formation, RAINS has focused on improving the quality of life of the vulnerable, particularly children, girls, women and the disabled in northern Ghana.

RAINS is spreading knowledge of implementing soil and water conservation techniques and promoting the benefits of agroecology to enhance farming practices while supporting biodiversity.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Tamale chapter coordinator

Alhassan Abubakari

abubakari.alhassan@rainsgha.org

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Green Stewardship International is a team based in Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The team is planting and cultivating endangered Pericopsis elata trees, and other native species, on the banks of the local Akoluk River.

The Chapter also introduces these species to farmers and encourages them to grow them on their farmland to fix nitrogen and improve the soil.

The GLFx team in Bawku is running street march campaigns to create awareness about the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; linking farmers to resources for climate information and farming advice; training students and farmers on tree seed sourcing and nursery management; training farmers in compost preparation; and more.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Bawku chapter coordinator

Daniel Debrah

info@greenstewardship.org

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Kijani Resilience, the host of GLFx Nairobi Chapter, focuses on landscape restoration using community-centered and evidence-driven approaches. Guided by core values of multi-stakeholder collaboration, equity, and sustainability, they develop and implement programs that empower communities to restore sustainable, multifunctional landscapes while creating economic opportunities.

Women and youth experts lead the GLFx Nairobi Chapter in ecosystem restoration. Its goal is to cultivate an intergenerational network and community that shares knowledge and takes action on landscape restoration in Kenya.

They believe in the transformative power of community-driven action to address climate challenges and build resilient ecosystems and thriving communities.

Check out their work here. And connect with them on social media:

Twitter (X): https://x.com/glfxnairobi

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glfxnairobi/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glfxnairobi/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glfx-nairobi/

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GLFx Nairobi Chapter Coordinator

Laura Mukwana

dunamisvanessa@gmail.com

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Women in Nature Conservation Organization (WINCO) is molding future female conservationists to ensure further opportunities for women while creating pathways for sustainable land management across Africa.

Their GLFx chapter in Uyo, Nigeria is carrying out restoration activities including planting trees in schools and degraded community ecosystems. Prioritizing indigenous species such as the African pear, bush mango, and magic fruit is part of the way WINCO prevents local extinction and boosts the presence of Indigenous wildlife.

The team plans to replicate their restoration activities in other states and regions in Nigeria and in other West African countries.

WINCO’s partners:  Georgie Farms and Bio-Gardens, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria, University of Uyo Nigeria, Ministry of Environment Akwa Ibom State, and Asaase Green Project, Ghana.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Uyo chapter Coordinator

Emmen Umoh

emem_favour@yahoo.com.uk

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The GLFx Espinal Córdoba chapter promotes the ecological and social restoration of the Espinal forest ecosystem in central Argentina, which has been damaged by agriculture. This project is an initiative of the Monte Alegre Nature Reserve team, which works in active restoration practices, research, and environmental education activities.

Their objective is simple: to show that restoring forests in the productive areas of Argentina is possible when we can reconcile nature conservation with sustainable agricultural practices.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Espinal-Córdoba chapter coordinator

Analí Bustos

anibustos3@gmail.com

Location:

Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina

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Brunca Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province, Corredor, Barrio Salas Vindas, Costa Rica

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Diwo Ambiental, or GLFx Brunca, is working with indigenous communities in the Brunca region of Costa Rica to create gatherings where people can share their ancestral environmental practices and promote greater harmony between humans and our ecosystems.

They also work to recover Indigenous farms from land that non-indigenous people illegally occupied, and in doing so re-empower and enable Indigenous peoples to live sustainably.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Brunca chapter coordinator

Jimena Araya

diwo.comunicacion@gmail.com

Location:

Brunca Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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In 2011 in Cuesta del Ternero in the Río Negro province of Patagonia there were devastating forest fires, which affected 6,300 hectares of land.

A group of professors and students from the National University of Río Negro (UNRN) joined local residents to form GLFx Bosques de Patagonia to work on the reforestation of the Andean Patagonian forest.

They are creating a tree nursery to grow native species and are working on building more greenhouses to involve the community in giving back to their land.

Check out their work here

GLFx Bosques de Patagonia chapter coordinator

Juan José Ochoa

jjochoa@unrn.edu.ar

Location:

Rio Negro, Argentina

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Camino Verde, or GLFx Amazonía Peru, is an organization working to restore and bring back biodiversity in the Amazon in Peru. Camino Verde has a living seed bank to

In the heart of the Tambopata National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon, Camino Verde restores forests and native species and develops productive regenerative agroforestry systems. They do this by managing a living seed bank with more than 400 native tree species and promoting educational opportunities to train agroforestry and regenerative development professionals.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Amazonía Peruana chapter coordinator

Robin Van Loon

rvanloon@caminoverde.org

Location:

Puerto Maldonado, Peru

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Kivu Sur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Women Concern is an organization focused on helping rural women find their potential and their GLFx Kivu chapter is specifically helping women working in agriculture and the environment. By equipping women and girls with the knowledge and techniques to boost their livelihoods and conserve natural resources GLFx is leaving a lasting impact on their communities.

Located in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Women Concern has established four nurseries that have already distributed more than 3500 trees. They have trained four women cooperatives to manufacture improved cookstoves as an income-generating activity and have distributed 2,500 improved cookstoves to reduce deforestation.

Check out their work here.

GLFx Kivu chapter coordinator

Freddy M. Bisetsa

admin@women-concern.org

Location:

South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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Bari Wesna, or GLFx Pichis-Pachitea, is an Indigenous People-led organization based on the cosmovision of the Amazonian peoples to conserve Amazonian ecosystems. However, their work touches all aspects of life, from teaching environmental education to children to land restoration using agroforestry. Bari Wesna works at the community and regional level to boost the participation of local actors and better protect their land and culture.

Ensuring Indigenous communities have ownership of their land and providing them with the education and tools to manage their land sustainably is how they invest in a prosperous future and strengthen their culture. A special focus is aimed at empowering Indigenous women to inform policies to create more equitable societies.

You can read their work here.

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GLFx Pichis-Pachitea chapter coordinator

Sony Armas

sony@bariwesna.org

Location:

Huánuco, Peru

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Doutor Pedrinho, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Instituto Zág is a Brazilian Indigenous People-led organization with the mission of reforesting and preserving traditional knowledge around the Araucaria tree, known as Zág. The Zag has been heavily degraded and is sacred to the Xokleng people.

The Instituto Zág highlights the interconnectedness between people and their land and rolls out educational activities & films about the medicinal and symbolic properties of the Araucaria trees, management of tree nurseries and removing invasive species.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Zág Xokleng chapter coordinator

Carl Gakran

institutozag@gmail.com

Location:

Doutor Pedrinho, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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The Kipaji Development Initiative is a non-profit transforming island communities by sharing tools for disaster preparedness and protecting marine ecosystems, mangroves and wetlands. Community resilience is at the core of their mission.

Rolling out their GLFx chapter in early 2024, the Kipaji Development Initiative combines youth action, senior policy advice, and tech-based innovations to restore ecosystems.

Read about their work here.

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GLFx Carriacou chapter coordinator

Davor Baker

dkmbaker@gmail.com

Location:

Carriacou Island, Grenada

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The Patera Nusantara Lestari Foundation (PATERA Foundation) is a non-profit and youth-led organization focused on mainstreaming the sustainability of natural resources and intergenerational justice in Java. Funded by young scholars and researchers, PATERA develops alternative frameworks of thinking and action to address the underlying conditions of landscape management, in various scopes (practical, political, personal) and from multiple approaches (structural, systemic, enabling).

They have already involved 100 farmers, youth, women, and local experts to develop projects on smart climate agroforestry and sustainable landscape management.

Read their work here.

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GLFx Java chapter coordinator

Zakiy Rabbaanii

zakiyrabbaanii@gmail.com

Location:

Java, Indonesia

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GLFx Kalimantan focuses on recovering degraded forest ecosystems, raising awareness of deforestation, empowering young people, and amplifying the relevance of traditional Indigenous knowledge in forest protection.

Run by the Ranu Welum Foundation, GLFx Kalimantan’s operates inTalekoi village, home to one of the oldest Indigenous Dayak communities in the South Barito Regency in Central Kalimantan. They engage Indigenous Dayak youth to protect forests in this area and establish an ironwood conservation and ecology center. Through collaborative, sustainable agroforestry, the chapter engages with local communities to restore and conserve the areas and provide economic benefits to the community.

Read about this chapter here.

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GLFx Kalimantan chapter coordinator

Emmanuela Shinta

emmanuela.shinta@ranuwelum.org

Location:

Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Oceanus Conservation is a non-profit that aims to protect and restore blue carbon habitats (carbon stored in oceans) across the Philippines.

As the host organization of the GLFx Mindanao chapter, Oceanus Conservation believes in sustaining biodiversity to provide ecosystem services such as food security for the Filipino people in the years to come. They are creating mangrove nurseries, planting hundreds of saplings to restore ecosystems, and training hundreds of community members to amplify their efforts.

Read about their work here.

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GLFx Mindanao chapter coordinator

Frances Camille Rivera

frcamillerivera@oceanusconservation.org

Location: Mindanao, Philippines

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In Ibadan, members of the NGO Ripple Heights Development Initiative (RHDI), or GLFx Ibadan, are working to restore their local environments. They campaign to promote awareness of harmful agricultural practices and meet with farmers to help them adopt more sustainable practices. RHDI also inducted landscape ambassadors from local high schools to ensure the continuity of a sustainable landscape culture within the community.

RHDI’s partnerships include the local Community Youth Forum; the All Farmers’ Association (Oyo State Chapter); the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development and the Department of Soil and Land Resources Management at the University of Ibadan; and the local government’s land management department.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Ibadan Chapter Coordinator

Solomon Ogudo

ogudosolomon28@gmail.com

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The Centre for Applied Systems Analysis (CASA) aims to create a Malawi where people and nature can prosper with productive, equitable, sustainable landscapes. As an independent, non-partisan knowledge center CASA helps local communities across Malawi connect, share and learn about holistic landscape approaches.

Through professional development training, research mentorship, and hosting restoration campaigns CASA involves communities in Malawi in vital land care efforts.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Lilongwe Coordinator

Steve Makungwa

smakungwa@gmail.com

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Agri Impact Malawi (AIM), or GLFx Dowa, is on a mission to achieve rural household resilience through food security.

By sharing knowledge on nutrition and access to agricultural and market solutions AIM transforms rural communities across Malawi. AIM empowers families with economic growth and opportunities to grow their own food, impacting people and the planet.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Dowa chapter coordinator

Vincent Makiyi

evincentmakiyi@gmail.com

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Since 2019, Support Humanity Cameroon (SUHUCAM), or GLFx Yaounde, has restored 50 acres of degraded land. They have mobilized 250 community volunteers and planted over 7000 trees. They are doing this incredible work by engaging grassroots communities and inspiring young people to join restoration initiatives such as their own.

They intend to expand their work to northern Cameroon, where drylands are threatened by the expanding Sahara Desert. By continuing to provide education to young people their sustainable landscape restoration initiatives will exponentially help Cameroon and its communities.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Yaounde chapter coordinator

Sunday Geofrey Mbafoambe

sundayjeff09@gmail.com

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The Youth Development Organization (YODO) in Nkambe, Cameroon, is a group passionate about educating and training people in rural communities about conservation and land restoration.

YODO focuses on many topics including plastic waste management, training young people to grow and maintain trees, and restoring water sources.

Outreach through radio programs, connecting with public schools, and hosting webinars and workshops are a few ways YODO spreads its mission of hope and change.

Check out their work here

GLFx Nkambe Chapter coordinator

Fai Caissan

youthdevelopmenta@gmail.com

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In the heart of the Sahel Desert in northern Africa, GIO Sustainable Lab is an organization on a mission to create more sustainable development in the region.

This year GIO Sustainable Lab launched the Viriwaa project focused on restoring mangroves in several degraded wetlands across the country. Furthermore, they conducted community training for more sustainable oyster farming and beekeeping, which are important to local economies.

Through education, training, and partnerships with other forward-thinking organizations, GIO Sustainable Lab is preserving mangroves in Benin and creating innovative ways to boost economies.

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GLFx Banju chapter coordinator

Maimuna Jawara

giosustainablelab@gmail.com

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Selected in 2018 as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Award finalist, CRADDES is an organization mobilizing powerful climate action in Benin.

CRADDES, or GLFx Porto-Novo, is training youth entrepreneurs in agroforestry and pushing for greater advocacy for land protection. Empowering and engaging grassroots communities in sustainable development decision-making is crucial to their mission.

Check out their work here.

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GLFxx Porto-Novo Coordinator

Yacinthe Adgabadjagan

avyacinthe15@gmail.com

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Light On A Hill (LOAH), or GLFx Meru, is a youth-led community-based organization catalyzing sustainable development. LOAH’s mission is to empower independence among communities by focusing on childhood education and environmental conservation.

By helping communities learn to recycle, restore land, and develop land sustainably, they protect their environment and boost local economies.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Meru Coordinator

Eva Makandi

kandi@loahkenya.org

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The Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative (IWGI), or GLFx Baringo, is a community-based organization advocating for the rights of women and girls in Baringo County, Kenya.

IWGI focuses on climate justice, climate action, land use and natural resource rights, and human rights. As part of Kenya’s climate change working group, IWGI works with public primary schools to introduce permaculture models to enhance climate change adaptation, food security, and nutrition.

IWGI is a member of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, the East and Southern Africa Pastoralist Network, and Scope Kenya.

Check out their work here.

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GLFx Baringo Coordinator

Monica Yator

myator51@gmail.com