A long-standing international research network of 3000+ scientists, providing continuity and coordination across regions, disciplines, and career stages
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Impact Strengthening the science and coordination needed for sustainable land futures
The Global Land Programme (GLP) strengthens the scientific foundations needed to address land-use challenges with global consequences.
Land systems shape the world’s most pressing challenges. By connecting interdisciplinary expertise across regions and scales, GLP supports land system science that underpins food security, rural resilience, energy transitions, and ecosystem health. Its impact comes from sustained coordination—helping a diverse and globally distributed research community work together more effectively than it could in isolation.
What this looks like in practice:
Together, these activities help ensure that land-use decisions are informed by robust, coordinated science—strengthening the evidence base that governments, institutions, and communities rely on when navigating trade-offs and uncertainty in long-term land-use choices.
