I dream of a change of land ownership and the equality of land rights for Indonesian people, especially for peasant or small-scale farmers, Indigenous Peoples, fisherfolks, and other vulnerable groups of people.

Staff member of ILC member Kyrgyz Association of Forest and Land Users (KAFLU). At 22 years old, Ulukbek works with specific groups from remote corners of Kyrgyzstan, mainly with communities that use wild forest resources.

26-year-old young woman activist working for ILC member PAKISAMA. She’s responsible for the organisation’ Young Farmers Programme, which aims to empower the rural youth by securing land rights and access to full value chain support services.

Ensuring the indigenous peoples customary land rights in Bangladesh is one of my desires as a youth leader working for land rights. I also hope our government will resolve land disputes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) which were illegally occupied by the state and non-state actors.

My dream is to be able to influence my fellow youth in participating with agrarian reform advocacy as well as leadership in farmers' cooperatives through capacitating them on basic agrarian reform policies and procedures and cooperative leadership. I’m motivated by my experiences growing up from a family of farmers.

I dream of a more just and equitable food system, from farming communities to consumers. I think this is possible through urban-rural youth cooperation, both in villages and cities.

My dream is to create and support a global platform for sharing ideas and promoting the land rights advocacy and activism with various young leaders around the world.

32, works with the communities of landless and informal settlers who fight for claiming their rights in Nepal. He is a staff member of the Community Self Reliance Center (CSRC), a member of ILC.

My dream as a young leader is of a non-violent society. A society where young people have access, freedom, justice and land rights to lead a peaceful life. Bridging the gap between urban and rural India through youth participation and leadership.

Chandra, 27, is a young indigenous rights activist from the Chittagong Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh. She is the Executive Council Member of the Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact (AIPP), a member of ILC based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

28-year-old staff member of the Rural Development Fund in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She works with young people and women from local communities in rural Kyrgyzstan on the issue of ecosystem restoration and natural resource management.

Staff member of the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples’ Association (CIPA), and a brand new member organisation of ILC! Sotheara is a 35-year-old indigenous rights activist with over 10 years of experience working with indigenous youth across Cambodia.

I am thrilled by the possibility of contributing to a process that will positively affect young people who want to work the land and identify with their own territory.

I see this program as a fundamental step in order to make the different products of our territory visible and to empower young leaders so that problems that affect rural youth are included in the public and social agenda.

I want to promote our agenda - built by young women within the framework of our school - which accounts for the needs of each territory so that it may serve as a basis for building a global policy.

I dream that young people can have access to their own land so that they can work and live on it.

With my participation in this forum I seek to strengthen my skills and knowledge in order to face land related problems in my region.

I dream that young people can have equal access to land and land to call their own so that they can work and live on it.

I seek to share my work experiences in the defence of land and territory so that it can serve other communities.

As a young Aymara, I wish to make a positive contribution for the promotion of a young leadership, the recognition of indigenous peoples' right to their territories, the conservation of biodiversity and the respect for traditional knowledge.

My dream is to ensure that new generations get involved in collective action supporting projects that allow us to advance more solidly towards self-determination.

Future Leaders is important for the political training of new leaders in our communities and organisations.

We are a group of Guarani indigenous women focused on intraculturality, gender, our territory and nature preservation.

My goal is to promote an agenda for territorial governance and land management together with organised youth from Mexico and Latam. This is vital for the sustainable development of communities that are the guardians of forest ecosystems.

I seek to build processes for women's access to land rights and for promoting greater autonomy for women in the Mayan indigenous territory.

I hope to learn more about the different approaches young leaders use for defending land rights.

Looking forward to connecting with and learning from young leaders across the world as a positive step towards addressing the issues around land, food, sovereignty and justice which impact us all!

My dream is to overcome climate change and the devastation caused by the war in my country, Yemen.

I hope that by learning from each other's experience we can come up together with the strategy to work united to protect our lands.

33 years old from Italy, she is the international officer at Libera Contro Le Mafie, the organisation she has been working with for ten years.

I hope we can develop a collective and global youth land movement coming out of the GLYF.

I am aiming at taking advantage of new ideas in order to help and be good to my community and grow in the field of land and grazing.

This can contribute to social inclusion, help protect human rights and support climate change adaptation and mitigation.