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Tag: forest landscape restoration

How to approach the great mission of forest landscape restoration – with evidence

A decade since the Bonn Challenge began, forest landscape restoration scientist Manuel Guariguata shares advice for the UN Decade ahead.

 
Planting small acacia trees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

“I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.”

Notable words from leading experts on the opportunities of planting trees, speaking in a digital forum hosted by CIFOR-ICRAF.

 
A forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where management plans have grown to now cover 20 million hectares of forests, despite the increasingly rate of forest area loss in Africa. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

4.06 billion remaining hectares, and other new numbers on forests… But what do they mean?

Putting the U.N.'s new Global Forest Resources Asssessment 2020, which breaks down the latest data on forest area, into context.

 
The strategy for the upcoming U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration defines ecosystem restoration as "a wide continuum of practices and targeted

Help shape the strategy for the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

A short digest of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration's blueprint, and how to provide your feedback on the strategy in place.

 
Diolo Celine plants Gnetum (okok) in a village in Cameroon. The GLF Accra focused on the importance of integrating agriculture and restoration. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Integrating the many meanings of restoration, big and small

Linking local and global restoration efforts at day two of the Global Landscapes Forum Accra

 
A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Part three of a Landscape News series on the Great Green Wall focuses on the future of the restoration initiative that could change the landscape of Africa.

 
A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

An in-depth look at the progress and holdbacks of Africa's Great Green Wall, one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts.

 
The community of Litoy in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

It takes a village to restore Africa’s degraded land

In the fallout of unsustainable logging in the DRC, locals begin replanting

 
Delegates at the Global Landscapes Forum New York 2019 at the U.N. headquarters. Justin K. Davey, GLF

To combat climate change this decade, restore the Earth

Efforts to restore the Earth's degraded ecosystems, from forests to oceans, rises as a solution to climate change at the Global Landscapes Forum NYC 2019.

 
Old trees, such as this Ethiopian juniper dates back at least 200 years, are among the most vital for absorbing carbon dioxide. Natasha Elkington, CIFOR

U.K.-sized area of trees lost annually since landmark deforestation agreement

A five-year stocktake of the landmark New York Declaration on Forests says deforestation is still rising – but not everywhere.

 

Restoration could be our best solution to climate change

Experts discuss how to build on momentum from climate movement

 

Landscape restoration: Is it working?

Scientists challenge the Bonn Challenge; its creator responds

 

Decision-making by Indigenous, local communities essential for restoration

Land-dependent groups have a vested interest in success

 

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