Applications are now open for 50 young innovators (aged 18-35) to take part in the Global Landscapes Forum Youth in Landscape Initiative activities, in Paris from 1-4 December. Are you ready to tackle one of the 5 landscape challenges, with a team of 10 passionate young people?
- Design the first Landscapes Academy
- Better managing water resources
- Can REDD+ safeguards respect and promote local livelihoods?
- Driving better land restoration in shared river basins
- Designing supply chains of the future
WLE is organizing the Driving better land restoration in shared river basins and will be looking for innovative ways to generate and use data to better coordinate land restoration in the Nile and Volta river basins.
Join us in Paris to tackle this and other challenges! For more information and to apply see the new Youth in Landscapes Initiative website (beta).
How to apply
Interested young innovators should fill out the application form and submit a 2 minute video via YouTube or Vimeo telling us:
- What are the current challenges facing landscapes and how can you make positive changes now or in the future to address these?
- Give us an example that demonstrates your passion for the challenge you've selected.
- Why are you the perfect candidate for the 2015 Youth in Landscape Initiative?
If you have any additional questions about the application process, please join one of our webinars. Information at www.landscapes.org/youth
Applications close at 5pm CET on 11 October 2015.