Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation (GFG) brings people together to make lasting, multi-country ecosystem restoration a reality. Through partnerships, we work with local leaders and communities to deliver the resources they need to reforest degraded lands while ensuring that old forests remain protected. It can take decades to truly restore an ecosystem. GFG develops the critical long-term commitments and strategies with local partners that enable the trees we plant today to turn into thriving forests for future generations. Our Approach - Scaling Up High-Quality Restoration Programs - We develop science-based, regional conservation and restoration plans. Our initiatives include interconnected landsca... read more Global Forest Generation (GFG) brings people together to make lasting, multi-country ecosystem restoration a reality. Through partnerships, we work with local leaders and communities to deliver the resources they need to reforest degraded lands while ensuring that old forests remain protected. It can take decades to truly restore an ecosystem. GFG develops the critical long-term commitments and strategies with local partners that enable the trees we plant today to turn into thriving forests for future generations. Our Approach - Scaling Up High-Quality Restoration Programs - We develop science-based, regional conservation and restoration plans. Our initiatives include interconnected landscapes across multiple countries, and projects involving thousands of people. - Investing in Local Leaders & Communities - We enable grassroots leaders and their communities to carry out projects by building out the infrastructure, funding, and training.. - Mobilizing Long-Term Restoration Finance - We establish local, regional, and global funding partnerships to finance and scale ecosystem restoration and protection. Finding long-term financial support through multi-year commitments is essential for increasing the size of our projects. - Building a Global Restoration Movement - We tell the stories of our local partners, showcasing their critical on-the-ground work. Our goal is to motivate a new generation of young conservation leaders to make a positive impact on our planet. Accion Andina is our flagship initiative. It was co-founded in 2018 by GFG and Peru-based conservation nonprofit Asociacion Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN) as a Latin-American led, native forest landscape restoration initiative. The story of Accion Andina begins with Peru-based non-profit Asociacion Ecosistemas Andinas (ECOAN), founded by Constantino (Tino) Aucca Chutas (the 2022 UN Champion of the Earth for Inspiration and Action), which for over twenty years has been partnering with indigenous communities to provide long-term restoration and protection of native Polylepis forests in the high Andes of Peru. Harnessing local and indigenous principles of "Ayni and Minka", which in high Andean cultures comes close to the meaning of "reciprocity and shared communal work" to collaboratively create a forest conservation model driven by and for local and indigenous communities is ECOAN's unique innovation. It results in forging trusting, enduring relationships with the people planting and protecting the forests.