Enabling forest landscape restoration in Africa

Project description

Title: Supporting the implementation phase of AFR100 through scaling up of forest landscape restoration
Commissioned by: Palladium International Limited (Partnerships for Forests Program)
Country: Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republico of the Congo, Niger, Senegal, Cameroon, Tchad, Nigeria
Overall term: 2022 to 2023

Context

The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) is a country-led effort to bring restoration to 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes across Africa by 2030.

The first phase of the project started in September 2020 under the title “African Forest Landscape Restoration Technical Assistance” and ended in February 2022. It included creating forest landscape restoration (FLR) platforms, coordinating the development and implementation of FLR funding strategies in each of the participating countries, improving the capabilities of national AFR100 focal points, and streamlining activities in specific countries under the AFR100 Initiative.

The second phase builds on the successes to date, consolidating priority areas and providing a conducive and enabling environment towards making FLR stable in the long term through a wide range of activities.

Objective

In the participating countries, an enabling environment for forest landscape restoration is improving restoration activities and reversing land degradation.

Approach

The project activities include:

  • Consolidating private sector participation and mapping private-sector actors who can impact the FLR space
  • Developing a funding strategy and mobilising resources locally
  • Organising dialogues with the private sector and presenting viable business models for multifunctional landscapes
  • Supporting the national platforms through continued engagement with relevant ministries
  • Supporting 12 countries in Africa to set up national platforms
  • Improving knowledge management and reporting mechanisms to ensure dissemination of sound practices from the lessons learned
  • Documenting successful FLR projects and writing regular policy briefs to inform on FLR activities
  • Providing feedback of FLR results to local landscape actors using their local language to increase uptake

Last update: November 2022

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