This ‘book club’ like conversation with author and conservationist John Reid gave participants the opportunity to meet and discuss the book Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet that Reid co-authored together with the late biologist Thomas Lovejoy. The book, published in 2022, is “[…] a clear, provocative, persuasive and inspiring call to action to conserve Earth’s irreplaceable wild woods, counteract climate change, and save the planet.”

The GEF organized a workshop in Jordan with more than 90 participants from 11 countries from West Asia and North Africa (Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Yemen). The event allowed government officials, implementing agencies, representatives from civil society and youth organizations, and GEF Small Grants Programme recipients to discuss opportunities and strategies to take action on environmental priorities related to biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, land health, and more.