Dar es Salaam. The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the world’s knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use, has selected seven young innovators from over 500 global applicants as 2025 Restoration Stewards.
Among them is Tanzania’s own Zuhura Ahmad, who is making significant strides in ocean restoration through her work with the community in Bagamoyo.
The seven young leaders come from diverse regions, including three from Africa. Zuhura Ahmad, a passionate advocate for agender biodiversity, environmental educator, and youth leader, is one of the African representatives.
Throughout 2025, the GLF and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) will support these young leaders as they lead innovative efforts to restore drylands, forests, mountains, and oceans.
They will receive mentoring, networking opportunities, a grant of EUR 5,000 (Sh12 million), and other resources to advance their projects.
The 2025 Restoration Stewards will work on various environmental challenges, from the Caribbean coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to the longest mountain range in the Philippines.
These leaders aim to build sustainable landscapes through a combination of traditional knowledge, research, science, storytelling, agroforestry, activism, and other innovative strategies tailored to their local contexts.
As the program enters its fifth year, the GLF continues its commitment to empowering the next generation of environmental leaders, working to build resilience in both communities and ecosystems worldwide.
About Zuhura
She is spearheading the Bagamoyo Seaweed Farming Initiative, which is focused on sustainable seaweed farming. Her transformative project is empowering young women, restoring degraded coastal ecosystems, mitigating climate change, and providing alternative livelihoods for marginalized communities in Tanzania.
Zuhura is also the head of programs at the Women in Recycling Foundation, a Youth4Nature Global Ambassador, and a co-founder of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) – Tanzania.