The Executive Director ( ED) of Voice of Nature (VoNat), Ndimuh Bertrand Shancho, recently participated at the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference that brought together over 700 world environmental leaders, leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youths and policymakers at the CIFOR-ICRAF Head Quarter in Nairobi-Kenya. The 1-day international conference, September 17, 2024 took place under the theme: “Greening The African Horizon”.
The Hybrid Conference was a unique avenue for the VoNat boss to join global environmental leaders in addressing sovereign solutions for Africa and how the continent can create a sustainable and prosperous future for Africa’s land- and seascapes, powered by local solutions. It was also a great avenue to present the organization and its programmes.
Meanwhile, the VoNat ED, from September 14 to 16 2024, was part of the Landscape Leadership Camp at Trademark Hotel in Nairobi-Kenya that brought landscape leaders from the Global South to exchange and get fresh insights about landscape restoration and landscape leadership amongst others. The Landscape Camp, organized by Global Landscape Forum in collaboration with Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) and Youth4Nature, culminated in simulation sessions where participants developed, negotiated and presented a new vision for the “Blue Country Landscape”, respecting the aspirations of all stakeholders.
Ndimuh also participated at a Climate Justice Workshop on September 18, 2024 organized by CDKN of South South North. Here, he joined other young climate activists from the Global South in presenting climate justice projects. They equally identified ways of supporting one another for a much bigger and wider impact in our collective and individual strives for climate actions and climate justice.
The VoNat Management expresses special gratitude to Global Landscapes Forum and Climate and Development Knowledge Network for supporting and giving its Executive Director the opportunity to be part of these workshops and conferences.