13:00-13:15 - Providing excellent quality, lower cost fertilizers to farmers in Pobè, Benin

BIO PLANET TMC Ltd is a sustainability agricultural company offering excellent quality granulated organic fertilizer to local farmers of Pobè in Benin, at cheaper cost than traditionally used fertilizers, more accessible for farmlands restoration.

Speaker

Christian Adoh

13:16-13:30 - ‘The Four Returns’ framework describes four main ways land degradation has impacted society and provides a means of conceptualizing solutions

Our collective future depends upon our ability to restore the Earth: our common land. Commonland is a not-for-profit that brings people together to transform degraded landscapes into thriving ecosystems, economies and communities. Our holistic approach to landscape restoration, the 4 Returns Framework, focuses on generating 4 returns for all landscape stakeholders: return of inspiration, social return, natural return, and financial return. With this approach, anyone can work with nature and their community to restore their local landscape within one generation.

Speaker

Willem Hendrik Ferwerda

13:31-13:45 - Indigenous-led ecosystem and cultural preservation impacting 10,000 indigenous people in Papua New Guinea

MENCERTC is an Indigenous-led organization focused on ecosystem conservation and cultural preservation in Papua New Guinea. Its Mauberema Conservation employs 150 local youth who are supporting 10,000 Indigenous People in Simbu Province, while conserving and restoring forests and mountainous regions within the biodiversity hotspot of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Speaker

Malakai Parom

13:46-14:00 - Employing GIS and GPS technology to aid in the maintenance of regreening projects

Environmental Protection Trainings and Development Organization (EPTDO) is a non-profit NGO focusing on climate change resilience, livelihood and agriculture development, gender equality and inclusion, biodiversity conservation, and other ecological issues. EPTDO aims to achieve this by getting communities involved in a variety of programs, for example, greeneries supported by Geographic Information (GIS) and GPS technology. Employing technology to aid in the maintenance of greeneries empowers the workers to engage in land restoration and climate change mitigation activities while earning a decent living. Projects like this are how EPTDO takes a multi-faceted approach to tackling the problems stemming from climate change, land degradation, and inequality.

Speaker

Abdulhadi Achakzai