News & Updates

During the 2024-25 fiscal year, Global Forest Generation deepened its impact and reach. Despite a challenging fundraising climate, we strategically expanded our focus to include water security, restoring wetlands alongside forest ecosystems. We established a Visionary Council to guide our long-term efforts, launched an interactive map to transparently track…

Acción Andina’s Collective Journey to Restore and Protect the Andes By Stephanie Arellano, GFG Conservation Program Officer Since its inception, Acción Andina has achieved many milestones in restoring and conserving high-Andean ecosystems, becoming a regional initiative that inspires society through local leaders, organizations, and committed donors. What began as…

Leslie Danoff shares how two events came together and inspired her to co-found GFG.

At Global Forest Generation, we’re just as focused on learning and accountability as we are about ecosystem restoration. The nature of the work we do is inherently scientific; we’re planting the right trees in the right places with the help of our Acción Andina partners and local community leaders….

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…

Our commitment to restoring and protecting planet Earth requires a range of expertise—from ecology to finance, to legal frameworks—some beyond the capacity of our lean team. Understanding the importance of bringing together many minds and skillsets, Global Forest Generation launched a Visionary Council, a growing, informal body of thought…

In the Andean highlands of Ecuador, a small, dark berry is making a big impact. Known as mortiño, this native Andean blueberry (Vaccinium floribundum) has been part of Indigenous culture for centuries, deeply intertwined with ancestral traditions and seasonal celebrations. Today, mortiño is part of an emerging movement to…

Only about 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of high-Andean Polylepis forests remain — just 2–5% of their historical range. These ancient, slow-growing, and water-storing forests are both majestic and fragile. Protecting them has always been a top priority for our restoration initiative, Acción Andina. Thanks to new funding, we’ve…

At Global Forest Generation, we’ve known from the beginning that restoring one million hectares of high-Andean native forests and safeguarding water for millions of people would require more than passion and partnerships. It would take a financial strategy as ambitious and grounded as the work itself. This may be…

Earlier this year, Global Forest Generation launched a partnership with sustainable textile leader Textil del Valle (TDV) to restore wetlands and plant an initial 32,000 native trees in the Chincha Valley of Peru. The watershed supplies water to thousands of local residents, to hundreds of thousands of people living…

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…

Global Forest Generation’s Communications Director, Abby Metzger, reflects on community-led conservation and what it really takes to bring back nature. The piece was originally published in Traverse magazine. Read an excerpt here: I’m not going to make it to the top. Ninety minutes into the hike, we’ve just passed…