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During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, the GLF team had a chat with Dr. Horst Freiberg, Head of Division of the Forest Division of German Ministry of Environment (BMUB).

Interview with Cameroon focal point for AFR100, Christophe Bring and Anicet Ngomin. And also with Madagascar focal point for AFR100, Julien Noël Rakotoarisoa.

The second Annual Partnership Meeting of the AFR100 initiative was held in Niamey, Niger, on September 26-28, 2017.

During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, GLF team had an interview with Tim Christophersen from UN Environment.

During AFR100 Annual meeting in Niamey, Niger, GLF team had an interview with Meseret Zemedkun, Program Manager, Energy (Africa) at UN Environment.

Interview with Elvis Paul Tangem, at the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting. He is a coordinator for Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative.

Niger is a surprising success story in Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) “I flew from Ethiopia, and you can see it when you fly over the border from Chad to Niger,” says Dr. Kelechi Eleanya, an instructor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. “From the plane window I noticed the colors shift […]

Africa’s degraded landscapes may have a greener future Niamey is a city of warm hues: red, cracked, sandy soils are the basis for the red bricks that form most of the infrastructure of Niger’s capital. It’s a city where only the hardiest of plants can manage to set down roots, but — like many of […]

How reforestation and afforestation can serve people and climate.

Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) may have an ideal form, but there are barriers keeping it from being wholly realized in many cases.

With its second annual conference upcoming, the ambitious African Forest Landscape Initiative has already begun to change the face of land use in Africa.

A new body of scientific work indicates trees may be a first defense in the battle against disasters like hurricanes and cyclones.