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Kenya’s mountain treasures

A growing number of people are turning to Kirinyaga’s precolonial past to save the mountain’s vital forests from an uncertain future.

 
The uniquely cavernous and forested landscape of southern Java, Indonesia. Faizal Abdul Aziz, CIFOR

The future beyond COVID-19 requires rebuilding planetary health

The directors general of two of the world's leading forestry research organizations lay our 4 steps to a more resilient Earth and achieve planetary health.

 
By restructuring loyalty programs, Ark2030 converts idle points into funds for large-scale landscape restoration. Harry McGregor, Flickr

Points taken: New Ark2030 app mitigates climate change through rewards programs

Smartphone app Ark2030 converts loyalty points from top global brands into dollars for landscape restoration.

 
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.

 

Best of Landscape News 2019: Restoration

From the adoption of a new U.N. Decade to efforts happening in local communities around the globe, here's our pick of 2019's top stories on restoration.

 

A ‘super-year’ in store for nature-based solutions

UNEP’s Tim Christophersen on the imminence of using nature to save it

 
Mid-way through COP 25, Musonda Mumba of the U.N. Environment Programme reflects on global ecosystems. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

In the midst of the climate negotiations, a moment for ecosystem restoration with Musonda Mumba

Musonda Mumba, chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) on restoration entering its heyday.

 
Acacia trees are readied to be planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food, water, economic security improved through blueprint for ecological restoration standards

Scientists create the second edition of restoration standards to help guide a U.N.-led decade focused on restoring degraded ecosystems.

 
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 native mago tree in northern Ghana. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

From Indigenous apps to arts festivals, the many ways Africa is restoring itself

The Global Landscapes Forum in Accra, Ghana, on 29-30 October 2019 focused on local African restoration initiatives across the continent.

 
Kenya's Southwest Mau Forest, the conservation and restoration of which is crucial for the water supply of East Africa. Patrick Sheperd, CIFOR

AFR100: Restoring the future of Africa

Here's what happened at the fourth annual partnership meeting of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) held in Accra, Ghana.

 
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.

 
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