Wonderful meeting with ⁦Andrew Steer⁩, President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund along with his team and partners. Land restoration was top on our agenda. The world needs major investments to bring degraded land back to health.

It was such a pleasure for my team and I to review progress and identify new areas of collaboration. Thank you Ousmane Diagana and your team.

Thank you ⁦Carlos Manuel Rodriguez⁩ and ⁦Global Environment Facility (GEF)⁩ for organizing such an inspiring meeting with Washington-based NGOs including ⁦IUCN⁩ ⁦The Nature Conservancy⁩ ⁦WWF US⁩ ⁦Conservation Intl⁩ ⁦World Resources Institute⁩. Time for a transformative ecological restoration.

Five years now since conservation researcher Niloufar Bayani was sent to jail in Iran 🇮🇷. I plea for the release of Niloufar Bayani & other conservationists on humanitarian grounds. Please support this petition: buff.ly/3lMVAQJ

3339 scientists signed an Open Letter, expressing our deep concern about the unjustified attack on the Sustainable Use Regulation and #NatureRestorationLaw, based largely on #misinformation. We urge policymakers to continue the legislative process. idiv.de/fileadmin/cont…

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The Global Changemakers Academy for Parliamentarians started in Bonn, UN Land and Drought

A moment of Joy during the Global Change-makers Academy for Parliamentarians in Bonn

Delighted to meet Nabeel Mancheri Secretary General of Global Rare Earth Industries Association in Heverlt this morning

Delighted that African Union is joining the G20, during the New Delhi meeting of the G20 Leaders. The G20 Global Land Initiative continued to be included in the Leadership Declaration

Delighted to learn that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the the World Environment Day for 2024 and land restoration will be a main theme. unep.org/news-and-stori…

Great to see the release of #MoradTahbaz, one of the imprisoned #IranianEnvironmentalists. At this time, I repeat my call for the release of our former UN Environment Programme colleague and friend #NiloufarBayani and all remaining environmentalists imprisoned in Iran.

UN is doing a Global Photography competition on beautiful landscapes. Very high prizes (total 30,000 USD) and separate category for professionals, amateurs and students. Please can you share this widely in your network, as well as submit a picture. greenstorm.green

Attending meeting of the Decade for Ecosystem Restoration in Darwin, Australia. Excited #decadeforecosystemrestorstion #G20GLI

G20 Global Land Initiative is looking for senior experts on Land Restoration. Please apply and also share in your networks unccd.int/about-us/vacan…

Plenary discussions on restoration as a business.

Friends, the deadline for submission of entries to the Global Photography Competition on Beautiful Landscape extended till 15th October. Please join. greenstorm.green

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Friends Films are not a topic which I usually cover, but when I see a film on climate change and it’s extreme effects being nominated as India’s of dial entry for Oscar 2023, that needs to be highlighted. All the best Team 2018. Muralee Thummarukudy shorturl.at/glzC9

We have just launched our Arabic handle for G20 Global Land Initiative. Please follow us for updates x.com/G20GLI_AR Best