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Inclusive and Evidence Based Approaches to Scaling Land Restoration Engagement Workshops
The inclusive and evidence-based approaches to scaling land restoration engagement workshops, co-designed by the SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to Risk Informed and Evidence-based Decision-making) component, brings together a wide range of stakeholders and partners...

Regreening Africa Insight Series
As a large scale, multi-country, multistakeholder restoration initiative, Regreening Africa offers a unique opportunity to generate actionable lessons on the cost-effectiveness and impact of local, national, and global restoration efforts. These Insights series share...

Beyond the Regreening Africa project: Catalysing change through the Northern Ghana Landscape Restoration Initiative
By Emilie Smith Dumont “Inclusive and evidence-based approaches to accelerating landscape restoration” was the theme of a two-day SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to Risk Informed and Evidence-based Decision-making) workshop held on the 21st and 22 October in Accra and...

Kenya National Landscape Restoration Scaling Conference 2022
CONFERENCE DAY 1 RESOURCES CONFERENCE DAY 2 RESOURCES PRE-CONFERENCE THEMATIC WEBINARSConsolidating the Kenyan restoration movement Background The Kenya National Landscape Restoration Scaling Conference 2021 successfully catalyzed action for landscape restoration...

Celebrating and Scaling Diverse Land Restoration Approaches to Benefit Livelihoods in Ethiopia
By Sabrina Chesterman A wide range of restoration stakeholders and partners, ranging from Government officials to community farmers, were brought together to showcase evidence, achievements, and ongoing efforts of the Regreening Africa program. The national...

Thematic cross country learning events
Context The thematic cross country learning event is as a result of the survey that was conducted in August 2021 to help identify key cross-country learning topics emerging from the 2021 Joint Reflective and Learning Mission (JRLM) discussions. Multiple themes that...

Rwanda Stakeholders Build an Action Plan for Land Restoration
By Sabrina Chesterman At the nexus of the United Nations (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification climate conference, and that of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Regreening Africa Workshop in Rwanda was an...

Kenyan Schools Championing Regreening Initiatives
By Tengetile Zanele Mphila Kenya committed to restore 5.1 million hectares of land by 2030. This restoration commitment involves partnering with both state and non-state actors towards implementing various restoration practices, including tree planting, and growing...

Landscape Restoration by Regreening Africa: 5 critical lessons from a massive Research in Development effort
Insights from a recent Regreening Africa Roundtable By *Sandiso Matshikiza Two-thirds of the land in sub-Saharan Africa is highly degraded, threatening the livelihoods of those dependent on it —a staggering 83% of the region’s population. Agroforestry has been used...

Where to from here? Reflections from Senegal on Landscape Restoration
By Sabrina Chesterman “Land management has to go hand in hand with community needs – everyone has a role to play, and with our combined efforts, a lot of positive change can be achieved” – Marie Louise Diouf, Zonal Manager, World Vision Senegal Senegal has achieved...