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    Forests Africa climate change Forest and Landscape Restoration greenhouse gases public participation
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    January 10, 2024

    RELEASE: Landscape Restoration Champions Across Africa Receive USD 17.8 Million in Financing from TerraFund for AFR100

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    October 31, 2023

    STATEMENT: Three Basins Summit Emphasizes Importance of Cooperation Across Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asia Regions to Protect Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • 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
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    May 9, 2023

    New Analysis Confirms that Farmland Restoration in Malawi Improves Food Security

    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Crops in rural Malawi
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    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
    Africa
    News
    November 7, 2022

    RELEASE: Anchor Investments Announced to Launch $2 Billion Fund for Locally-Led Restoration in Africa

    • COP27
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • COP27
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    March 29, 2022

    Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Restoring Land in Malawi

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women collect seeds in a Malawi field
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    November 2, 2021

    RELEASE: AFR100 Issues COP27 Challenge to Mobilize $2 Billion for Africa’s Locally Led Land Restoration Movement

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    afr100 logo.png
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 14, 2021

    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
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    April 22, 2021

    Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Africa
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 19, 2014

    Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Data
    July 23, 2014

    Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    July 16, 2013

    Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2013

    5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa North America
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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