October 15, 2025by Abby Metzger

The Path of Water: Investing in the Andes to Secure South America’s Economic Future

By Florent Kaiser, CEO, Global Forest GenerationCo-founder, Acción Andina Water Security Is Economic Security South America’s water crisis is no longer an environmental problem. It’s an economic one. The Andes — the continent’s hydrological spine — sustain 140 million people and 236 cities across both the Amazon and Pacific basins. Each year, these mountain ecosystems […]

15 October 2025 The Path of Water: Investing in the Andes to Secure South America’s Economic Future
June 18, 2025by Abby Metzger

From the Andes to Himalayas

Weaving Wisdom into the Future of Restoration By Florent Kaiser, CEO of Global Forest Generation There are moments when life places you inside something so vast, so ancient, that you become a witness more than a participant. In February, I stood at the banks of the Ganges during the Kumbh Mela—believed to be the largest […]

18 June 2025 From the Andes to Himalayas
Florent Kaiser at water summit in Peru, May 2025
June 6, 2025by Abby Metzger

CEO Newsletter #2 | Scaling Nature Restoration

Read Florent Kaiser’s second biweekly CEO newsletter—a quick 2-minute read on what’s unfolding at Global Forest Generation and in the Andes, with ideas to spark bold collaboration. In this edition:– A new restoration project with Patagonia, Lacoste Foundation, Textil del Valle & ECOAN– Urgent community calls for water catchments and wildfire prevention– Can Obras por […]

06 June 2025 CEO Newsletter #2 | Scaling Nature Restoration