Local Woman Standing in the fields and looking in the forest

African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)

Resources

63 Resources for
Insights

How Much Land is Being Restored in Africa? We Don’t Yet Know

  • restoration
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Monitoring restoration can means assess the impact of many different techniques in the same area, like here in Makueni County, Kenya.
  • restoration
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Insights

Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land

  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • COP26
Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • COP26
Podcasts

Restoring Landscapes in Rwanda and Africa

  • Forests
  • podcasts
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • podcasts
  • restoration

How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

  • land use
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • climate impacts
  • Forests
Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
  • land use
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • climate impacts
  • Forests
Insights

Progress Must Speed Up to Protect and Restore Forests by 2030

  • fires
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • global forest watch
A pile of logs on the side of a road.
  • fires
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • global forest watch
Insights

It's Time to Invest in Ethiopia's Forest Sector

  • Economics
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • restoration
People working on planting trees.
  • Economics
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • restoration
Insights

The Road to Restoration: 3 Steps For Transforming Landscapes

  • forest monitoring
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Forests
People working on land restoration.
  • forest monitoring
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • Forests
  • Climate
Insights

Nature Is An Economic Winner for COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance
canada-wetlands
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance

Connecting the People Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way

  • deforestation
  • conservation
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • conservation
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights

Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • restoration
A man working on a farm.
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • restoration
Insights

Want to Grow Trees? Consider These 5 Lessons

  • restoration
The Pesalat Reforestation Project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, works to restore forest within a national park degraded by fire and logging. As of 2013, 450 hectares are under restoration, with over 4,000 seedlings planted. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI
  • restoration
Insights
Caroline Kariuki co-founded GreenPot Enterprises to help farmer-investors plant bamboo and restore degraded land in Kenya. Photo by Will Anderson/WRI.
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • restoration
Research

The Road to Restoration

Insights

Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
Insights

Malawi is Putting its Money Where its Forests Are

  • Forests
  • restoration
Malawian youth in garden
  • Forests
  • restoration
Insights
Farmers who just bought Safi Sarvi fertilizer
  • Business
  • restoration