Landscapes of Justice
Who holds authority over land, water, and ecological commons?
Whose realities are recognized?
Whose knowledge counts?
And what does genuinely equitable landscape regeneration demand in practice?
Landscapes of Justice is a half-day, invitation-only dialogue convened by the Atlantic Institute and the Raintree Foundation on the sidelines of the Skoll World Forum, bringing together funders, practitioners, researchers, and insights from the ground for a morning of storytelling, structured dialogue, and facilitated exchange.
The morning will open with a keynote address by Justin Adams OBE, co-founder of Ostara and a leading voice in reimagining nature finance. The Raintree Foundation will then offer an immersive presentation on the Shastri River Basin in India, a living example of community-led landscape regeneration spanning 2,100 hectares and nine villages, connecting water security, afforestation, clean energy, and livelihood generation through a model that places community leadership at the center.
Richard Cuthbert, director of conservation at the World Land Trust will draw on the work of the Applied Environmental Research Foundation and other World Land Trust projects to reflect on equity and justice in conservation practice. Following this, Paul Chatterton, founder of the Landscape Finance Lab, will present his four-return financing approach and explore how landscape finance can scale community-rooted models while protecting equity and local ownership.
Rachel Kyte, Lead Editor of the Atlantic Institute's Equity Review, will moderate a conversation with Atlantic Fellows Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique and Ana Santos on who defines landscapes, whose realities are recognized, and what remains unseen. Enamul will draw on his experience of transboundary river governance. Ana will draw on Living with Water, her Atlantic Institute-supported VR storytelling project exploring what it means to live and govern in landscapes that are shifting, partially submerged, and disappearing.
The morning will culminate in a facilitated workshop feeding directly into the Oxford Statement on Equitable Landscape Regeneration.
The event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., followed by lunch.
Spaces are limited. We will confirm your participation via Luma.