Project: Post-Fire Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLARE)
Funding: $6 million over five years
FLARE builds on RESTAURacción, a signature initiative of the Canada-led International Model Forest Network (IMFN). RESTAURacción stems from the 2019 G7 Leaders’ Summit commitment of co-ordinated investment in restoration and recovery of post-fire and degraded landscape ecosystems. Funding would support extending and expanding the RESTAURacción initiative to enhance restoration and recovery of terrestrial ecosystems and food systems following wildfires, while advancing women’s leadership in both Asia and Latin America.
At the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada’s Prime Minister Carney announced a suite of measures to promote economic growth and security, protect our communities, support Ukraine, and forge future partnerships. G7 Leaders agreed to collaborate with partners on concrete outcomes that deliver for everyone. To this end, they agreed to six joint statements. Their commitments included: Mounting a multilateral effort to better prevent, fight and recover from wildfires, which are on the rise around the world.
The G7 welcomed participation in the Summit by the President of South Africa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, President of the Republic Korea, Lee Jae-myung, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, as well as UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and President of the World Bank, Ajaypal Singh Banga.
Discussions at the Kananaskis Summit were informed by the recommendations of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), which stressed the social and economic benefits of gender equality, and of all G7 engagement groups.
Read more: [News Release] [Backgrounder] [Chair’s Summary]
