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    October 15, 2025

    Cocoa Robbed Ghana of its Forests. Farmers Are Bringing Them Back

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    Farmers restore degraded land in Ghana's cocoa belt
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    August 22, 2025

    Trees Revitalize Farms and Fisheries in Africa’s Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People in canoe.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    August 14, 2025

    Could AI Unlock Finance for Nature Restoration?

    • data
    • forest monitoring
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • mapping
    Holding saplings at a restoration site in Africa
    • data
    • forest monitoring
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • mapping
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 14, 2025

    Farmers Restore the ‘Cradle of Civilization' in Kenya’s Greater Rift Valley

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Forests
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    Women planting trees.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Forests
    • biodiversity
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Outcomes
    March 13, 2025

    Locally Led Projects Restore 50,000 of Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Tending to seedlings.
    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Insights
    November 25, 2024

    Finance for Women Is Key to Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A member of the Paran Women Group at a tree planting site on the slopes of the Mau Forest in Narok County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 19, 2024

    On Former Palm Oil Plantations, Small Farmers Are Bringing Brazil’s Forests Back to Life

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Aerial view of two farmers on a small plot.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 10, 2024

    Sowing Success: 16 African Entrepreneurs Reviving Land and Growing Profits

    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    African entrepreneurs holding saplings for reforestation.
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Update
    June 26, 2024

    The Restoration Launchpad: A Guide for Investors, Landowners and Practitioners

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Farmers in a rice field in India.
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Forests
    Update
    January 9, 2024

    TerraFund Financed 100 Land Restoration Projects Across Africa. Here’s What They Taught Us.

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Six members of the Kula Project stand together in a forest in Rwanda.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 18, 2023

    Sixteen Businesses, One Mission: Advancing Landscape Restoration and Entrepreneurship Across Africa

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Farmer with mangoes at Goshen Farm Exporters Ltd.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Videos
    July 21, 2023

    TED Talk: Accelerating Locally Led Restoration Across Africa

    • Forests
    • conservation
    • Forests
    • conservation
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2023

    How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Houses sit among a misty tropical forest.
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Forests
    Insights
    April 16, 2023

    Small Farmers and Entrepreneurs Offer New Hope for Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Local farmers help restore degraded landscapes in Africa
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Forests
    Insights
    April 14, 2023

    Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Men planting a tree.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A forest in a fog.
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    December 20, 2022

    Meet 16 African Businesses Restoring Land and Making Money

    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerobic Agroforestry staff happy in a full greenhouse
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Update
    September 20, 2022

    Growing a Tree Doesn’t Stop at Planting: Why Tracking Long-term Survival Matters

    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A woman plants trees in the brush
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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