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Landscapes of Justice

This gathering will bring together funders, practitioners, researchers, and community leaders to explore how landscape approaches can restore ecosystems, advance climate justice, and strengthen community resilience.

The conversation will feature insights from Raintree Foundation’s Shastri River Basin Initiative, alongside keynote perspectives, storytelling, and facilitated dialogue.

Together, participants will help shape the Oxford Statement on Climate Equity in Landscapes—a shared framework for equitable landscape regeneration.

Hosting partners Raintree Foundation and The Atlantic Institute.

Date: 23rd April, 2026

Agenda

Thursday, 23 April 2026 · 9:30 – 13:00 BST · Rhodes House, Oxford

Time	Session	Duration
ARRIVAL
9:30	Arrivals and tea Participants arrive at Rhodes House. Opportunity to connect and network with tea.	30 min
OPENING & KEYNOTE · 10 min
10:00	Welcome and framing Rachel Kyte, Lead Editor, Equity Review Rachel opens the morning, acknowledges frontline communities and landscapes, and frames the central questions for the day.	2 min
10:02	Opening remarks Justin Adams OBE, Co-founder, Ostara Justin opens with reflections on nature finance, landscape governance, and the structural shifts needed to put equity at the centre of restoration and regeneration (TBD)	5 min
10:07	Framing the morning Rachel Kyte Rachel reflects on the keynote and introduces the structure of the morning: Experience, Framing, and Interrogation.	3 min
LIVING LANDSCAPES · 30 min
10:10	Opening remarks Leena Dandekar, Founder, Raintree Foundation Welcome and opening framing, with acknowledgements to partners.	2 min
10:12	The Western Ghats — a living system Animated film setting the ecological and human context of the Western Ghats.	4 min
10:16	Enter the landscape — a voice from within Mr Bill, the Great Hornbill — interactive segment A live interactive segment with Mr Bill, an e-puppet character, inviting audience participation.	5 min
10:21	Velhe — a proof of concept Short film offering a grounded narrative of integrated, community-led interventions in practice.	6 min
10:27	The Shastri River Basin AV presentation introducing the basin and Raintree's long-term initiative.	10 min
10:37	Reflection and transition	3 min
EQUITY IN CONSERVATION · 15 min
10:40	Richard Cuthbert, Director of Conservation, World Land Trust Richard draws on the work of the Applied Environmental Research Foundation and wider World Land Trust projects to reflect on equity and justice in conservation practice.	15 min
10:55	Transition Rachel Kyte Rachel reflects on Richard’s session and bridges it to the Landscape Finance Lab session.	2 min
FINANCING EQUITABLE LANDSCAPES · 15 min
10:57	Paul Chatterton, Founder, Landscape Finance Lab Paul presents the Landscape Finance Lab's four-return model and explores how landscape finance can scale community-rooted models while protecting equity and local ownership.	15 min
MODERATED SESSION: WHO DEFINES LANDSCAPES? · 28 min
11:12	Opening and transition Rachel Kyte Rachel frames the fundamental question raised by the morning so far: who gets to define the returns from landscapes, and whose values are reflected in them?	3 min
11:15	Grounded perspectives Atlantic Fellows Ana P. Santos and Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique	15 min
11:30	Moderated exchange Rachel Kyte, Ana P. Santos and Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique Rachel facilitates a focused discussion drawing connections between speakers and earlier sessions, exploring definition and recognition, power and decision-making, and justice and transformation.	10 min
BREAK · 15 min
11:40	Tea, light refreshments, networking · Audience Poll	15 min
FACILITATED WORKSHOP · 65 min
11:55	Framing and purpose Rachel Kyte and Justin Adams OBE Rachel and Justin frame the workshop, introducing the Equity Review principles as a practical framework for action. Participants are walked through how the principles will be used and what the workshop will produce.	5 min
12:00	Step 1Each table is assigned two equity principles to explore and work with.	30 min
12:30	Step 2 — Gallery walk: cross-pollination and reflection.Participants move around the room to review other groups' ideas, looking for synergies, trade-offs, missing voices, and gaps.	10 min
12:40	Step 3 — Plenary synthesis.Each table shares one high-impact intervention, how it would be measured, and any principles felt to be missing.	10 min
12:50	Closing remarks and next steps Rachel Kyte and Justin Adams OBE Rachel and Justin close the morning, outline next steps including the drafting of the Oxford Statement on Equitable Landscape Regeneration for participant input, and invite participants to continue the conversation over lunch. Participants are also invited to experience the hyperrealistic 3D model of our Shastri River Basin Project.	10 min
LUNCH · 13:00
13:00	Lunch and informal networking	30 min

Co-convened by the Atlantic Institute and the Raintree Foundation

Speakers

Paul Chatterton

The Lead and founder of the Landscape Finance Lab, a global platform dedicated to incubating and financing sustainable landscapes.

Justin Adams OBE

A climate and biodiversity leader who received an OBE for contributions at COP26. He is the co-founder of Ostara, a social enterprise creating spaces to spark and incubate bold new ideas for change.

Dr. Richard Cuthbert

The Director of Conservation at the World Land Trust, which works with local partner organizations across the world to protect and restore some of the planet’s most threatened habitats.

Rachel Kyte

Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. She is the UK's Special Representative for Climate

Leena Dandekar

Founder, Raintree Family Office and Raintree Foundation

Ana P. Santos

An Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia and a journalist, who recently created "Living in Water," a VR experience about rising sea levels.

Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique

A Rawson Scholar and doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics, Atlantic Fellow, and Humphrey/Fulbright Fellow focusing on Nature, Climate & Communities

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Foreword

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