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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.

 
The UNFCCC Climate Change conference, known as COP 25, will be held in Madrid. Michael Hirst, Flickr

Meatless meat, the next oil glut and a big win for Extinction Rebellion

In this bi-weekly digest: COP 25 moves to Madrid, Italy teaches climate change to kids, and why the Paris agreement pledges aren’t enough.

 
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.

 
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

 
On the way to Song-kol lake, the largest freshwater lake in Kyrgyzstan. Sathish J, Flickr

New initiative ECCA30 sets out to restore an oft-overlooked region

Restoration expert Paola Agostini on restoring 30 million hectares of Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in new country-led commitment ECCA30.

 
Christiane Paulus, Germany's director general for for nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, at the Global Landscapes Forum New York, 28 September 2019. Justin K. Davey, GLF

Q&A with Christiane Paulus from the German Ministry for Environment

The director general on the youth movement and Germany's "duty" to conserve global biodiversity

 
A leader of West Africa, the low-lying country of Ghana is rich with natural resources that feed into a growing market-based economy. crosby_cj, Flickr

Getting to know the landscape of Ghana

10 fast facts on the sub-Saharan African country

 
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Molly Burhans on how to reduce the separation of church and Earth

Catholic cartographer Molly Burhans explains how she uses digital mapping to help the Church expand its conservation efforts.

 
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How evergreen agriculture could feed the world

Global Evergreening Alliance CEO Christopher Armitage on how agroforestry can both feed a growing population and restore the planet’s degraded landscapes.

 
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