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Professional kiteboarder Paula Rosales got involved in conservation work after ocean pollution affected her health. Justin K. Davey

Blue belles: The freediver and the kiteboarder

Part 2 of a photoessay series on the young, female water sport athletes working to clean and protect the Philippines’ waters

 
Diolo Celine plants Gnetum (okok) in a village in Cameroon. The GLF Accra focused on the importance of integrating agriculture and restoration. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Integrating the many meanings of restoration, big and small

Linking local and global restoration efforts at day two of the Global Landscapes Forum Accra

 
Women holding tree saplings to be planted near the Daka River in Ghana. Courtesy of Tree Aid Ghana

The trees that help the Daka River flow

In northern Ghana, riverine tree-planting along the vulnerable Daka River proves how trees can nourish water-based ecosystems – and pocketbooks.

 
A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Part three of a Landscape News series on the Great Green Wall focuses on the future of the restoration initiative that could change the landscape of Africa.

 
A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

An in-depth look at the progress and holdbacks of Africa's Great Green Wall, one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts.

 
The community of Litoy in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

It takes a village to restore Africa’s degraded land

In the fallout of unsustainable logging in the DRC, locals begin replanting

 
On the way to Song-kol lake, the largest freshwater lake in Kyrgyzstan. Sathish J, Flickr

New initiative ECCA30 sets out to restore an oft-overlooked region

Restoration expert Paola Agostini on restoring 30 million hectares of Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in new country-led commitment ECCA30.

 
An orchid in Gunung Simpang, West Java, Indonesia. Yayan Indriatmoko, CIFOR

100 questions to prevent biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia

Scientists identify the top research questions needing answers in preventing biodiversity loss and aiding conservation in the region.

 
Christiane Paulus, Germany's director general for for nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, at the Global Landscapes Forum New York, 28 September 2019. Justin K. Davey, GLF

Q&A with Christiane Paulus from the German Ministry for Environment

The director general on the youth movement and Germany's "duty" to conserve global biodiversity

 
A leader of West Africa, the low-lying country of Ghana is rich with natural resources that feed into a growing market-based economy. crosby_cj, Flickr

Getting to know the landscape of Ghana

10 fast facts on the sub-Saharan African country

 
Molly Burhans

Molly Burhans on how to reduce the separation of church and Earth

Catholic cartographer Molly Burhans explains how she uses digital mapping to help the Church expand its conservation efforts.

 
Gliricidia sepium

How evergreen agriculture could feed the world

Global Evergreening Alliance CEO Christopher Armitage on how agroforestry can both feed a growing population and restore the planet’s degraded landscapes.

 
Roloway monkey

Species loss is a loss for landscapes

Thousands of species are becoming increasingly endangered due to human activity, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List.

 

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