Restoration Returns Grants

Restoration Returns Programme

The G20 Global Land Initiative (GLI) grants programme reflects the Initiative’s commitment to empowering civil society organizations in their mission to restore degraded lands and combat desertification, while promoting sustainable land management practices. By supporting community-led restoration projects, the programme highlights the transformative power of local knowledge and innovation in addressing global environmental challenges.

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Ecopreneurs Unlocking the Restoration Economy

The G20 Global Land Initiative (GLI) empowers a new generation of ecopreneurs who view land restoration not just as an environmental imperative—but as a profitable business opportunity.

Trigger Change! Innovative Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration: A Resource for University Professors

This new course, developed over six months by a team of university professors and sustainable agriculture experts from around the world, serves as a comprehensive resource for educators.

The Save Land: United for Land exhibition

The exhibition combines contemporary art with exhibits from cultural history and the natural sciences and uses the latest media technologies to arouse the five senses – visual, sound, touch, smell and taste – to communicate the global situation of land.

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Global Changemaker Academy for Parliamentarians (G-CAP)

In a collaborative effort, the Coordination Office of the G20 Global Initiative on Reducing Land Degradation and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) joined forces to address the pressing challenge of unsustainable land management.