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📢 We are now accepting applications for the 2025 #SmallGrantsFund! Want to learn how the fund can support your work and how to apply? Register for our upcoming applicant webinar where Stephanie Borcea will cover the 2025 Small Grants Fund application process and eligibility requirements. The event will be hosted in English, with live Spanish and French interpretation. Register in English 👉 https://gfw.global/4lG08mj Registrarse en español 👉 https://gfw.global/42pzJSm S'inscrire en français 👉 https://gfw.global/42snTa8 #FundingOpportunity #GrantsOpportunity #ConservationInnovation

🌎 Heading to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)? Join us in New York! 🌎 Stop by UNDP to explore how to use data for land rights through the newly redesigned LandMark platform, the world’s first interactive global map of lands held by Indigenous Peoples and local communities: 🗓️ 23.04.2025 ⏰ 13:15 - 14:45 EST 🎫 Register:  bit.ly/42uIhWK 📍 UNDP FF Building, 304 East 45th St (between 1st & 2nd Aves), Rio Conference Room, 9th Floor 🥗 Lunch will be provided! Since 2015, LandMark has served as a vital tool for making visible the lands and territories that Indigenous and local communities own or claim, helping assert rights, defend territories, and counter narratives that these lands are "vacant" or "idle."  tIn 2024, LandMark launched a major update to offer new features and expanded coverage of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands data in a continuing effort to increase recognition of these lands amid a sea of growing threats. 🌐 What we'll learn 🌐 : During the session, you'll meet collaborators from LandMark’s global consortium — a partnership of Indigenous- and community-led organisations and land rights allies — and learn more about how this platform is being used around the world to protect community land rights. You'll hear from: 🗣️ Katie Reytar from World Resources Institute 🗣️ Daniel Kobei from Ogiek Peoples' Development Program (OPDP) 🔗 To explore the platform, head to the link in our comments. 🙏 to World Resources Institute, Ogiek Peoples' Development Program, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, and AIM4Forests programme (FAO) (Open Foris) for co-hosting the event! --- #LandRights #IndigenousPeoples #MappingJustice #CommunityLandRights #UNPFII #GeospatialData #LandMarkMap #UNPFII #Newyorkcityevents #socialjustice #indigenousrights #data #dataforchange #UNIndigenousForum #Indigenousvoices

Applications for the 2025 #SmallGrantsFund open today! 🎉 We’re looking for projects that translate data into action, using Global Forest Watch tools to monitor forests, prevent deforestation, and drive real-world impact. Grants of $10,000–$40,000 USD will support 12-month projects that harness GFW to strengthen forest monitoring efforts on the ground. Apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eh8eQA_F ✅ Applications accepted in English, Spanish and French 📅 Deadline: May 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT 📚 Review applicant guidelines and FAQs on the application page 📢 Join our applicant webinar on April 29 with live interpretation in French and Spanish: https://lnkd.in/eCP7dTBr Share this opportunity with eligible, interested partners in your network! #ForestMonitoring #Deforestation #FundingOpportunity #GrantsOpportunity #ConservationInnovation

📢 Mark your calendars — the 2025 #SmallGrantsFund application cycle is just around the corner! Here are two ways to prepare before applications officially open next week on April 21. 💻 Review last year's applicant resources: https://lnkd.in/eh8eQA_F 📅 Register for our applicant webinar on April 29: https://lnkd.in/eCP7dTBr Share this opportunity with eligible, interested partners in your network and stay tuned for more details! #ForestGuardians #fundingopportunity

🌍 Heading to ChangeNOW next week? Come find us at our booth in the biodiversity section! We’ll be showcasing live demos of GFW and GFW Pro — plus, our Land & Carbon Lab colleagues will be there too! #ChangeNOW2025

Last week, we joined World Resources Institute’s Global Restoration Initiative in Puerto Montt, Chile for the 2025 Annual #Initiative20x20 Summit! 🌱 The gathering brought together ministers, technical experts and financial partners to drive territorial sustainability and collaboration across Latin America. During the Technical Exchange Workshop, GFW Community Engagement Manager Isabela Barriga shared how GFW forest monitoring tools and restoration data strengthen landscape protection and restoration efforts. 🌴🛰 Thank you to the Government of Chile, CATIE Oficial, WWF Chile and the Initiative’s Secretariat for hosting this important convening — and to our colleagues at the Global Restoration Initiative for fostering shared solutions to restore land and nature! #GenerationRestoration #restoration #landscaperestoration #forests #regreening #latinamerica #nature

Our bags are packed for Paris next week 👜 We are participating in the Change Now Conference on April 24-25! Join us as our experts share insights on mobility, ocean equity, AI, and more. 🌍 📅 April 24: 1:00 PM: Tom Pickerell on the 100% Alliance: Uniting Coastal Nations for a Sustainable Ocean Future 2:45 PM: Craig Mills on Large-Scale Land Restoration 5:15 PM: Stientje van Veldhoven on Mobility & Transport: End of the Road for Fossil Fuels   📅 April 25: 9:30 AM: Tom Pickerell moderating a discussion on Ocean Protection: Mobilizing the Private Sector 1:15 PM: Gabrielle Nussbaum on Tech & Data for Real World Impact #ChangeNOW2025 #Mobility #Sustainability ChangeNOW WRI Ocean Global Forest Watch Land & Carbon Lab

Next week I will be at ChangeNOW France 2025! Meet me at the Global Forest Watch and GFW Pro booth 🌱 in the biodiversity section 🌍to learn more about our work for soft commodity supply chain risk assessments and compliance. I look forward to to seeing you there! 🤝 DM me if you have any questions 😊 #EUDR #sustainablesupplychains #deforestationfree

🌿🌎Regreening landscapes in Latin America: Every year, partners from #Initiative20x20 come together on a common goal, restoring 50M hectares of land by 2030. What happened at this year’s meeting?👇 🏘️Mayor of Puerto Varas, Tomas Garate shared stories of how the city is balancing urban development and biodiversity. 🙌Minister Maisa Rojas from the Ministry of Environment emphasized the need for greater collaboration overall: both between agriculture and environment and between the three Rio Conventions. Each year, 20x20 designates prizes to highlight impactful leaders in the region. We congratulate: 🎉 Blanca Melin from Chile’s Mesa Provincial de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas of Arauco Province 🎉 Ronnie de Camino, Principal Consultant, Fund for Forest and Climate Change; Profesor Emérito, CATIE This year’s events were closed by announcing the next meeting host: Guatemala! Excited to come together in the land of eternal spring 🇬🇹 #restoration #generationrestoration #landscaperestoration #forests #regreening #latinamerica #rioconvention

#ParaPeriodistas ¿Cubres temas ambientales o territoriales? Conoce Global Forest Watch, una de las plataformas más potentes para acceder a datos confiables sobre pérdida y ganancia de cobertura forestal. Ideal para periodistas que necesitan información verificada para un reportaje en curso o para iniciar una nueva investigación. 📅 Webinar gratuito y en línea 🗓 23 de abril 2025 🕡 6:30 pm (CDMX) 🖥️ Regístrate aquí: https://lnkd.in/gCCttij6 🔍 El taller es breve, práctico y con ejemplos. Además, conocerás recursos editoriales especializados para fortalecer tu cobertura de temas ambientales. ✅ Tómalo desde donde estés. 📢 ¡Comparte con colegas que estén investigando temas socioambientales!