Restoration

Restoration

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

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

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

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.

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

From the Sahel to the Sahara and from ancient cities to gleaming beaches, here's a photo journey across African landscapes and their eight distinct regions.

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

By Diana Manevskaya Paola Agostini is a lead natural resources specialist at the World Bank’s Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice In June, as we marked World Day to Combat Desertification, the World Bank’s Paola Agostini was recognized by her peers as a finalist for the 2019 Land for Life Award. Managed by the United Nations Convention […]

10 fast facts on the sub-Saharan African country

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

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

The world faces huge and unprecedented biodiversity and climate change challenges. One way we can help address these challenges is through the restoration of degraded land. Restoring landscapes—done properly in consultation with local communities, governments and scientists—has huge environmental, climate mitigation but also, importantly, economic benefits. It also contributes to many of the Sustainable Development […]

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.

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