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The Regreening Africa App
The Regreening Africa App is a data collection and monitoring tool, which enables stakeholders including farmer to map out where they are carrying out restoration practice, the specific management aspects they carry out on the trees and the land and then record and...

Can traditional gender norms shift?
Reflections by *Lamisi Awuni, a facilitator of the Gender Transformative Approach. World Vision Ghana trained me as a facilitator for the Regreening Africa project to train five communities in Bawku West District — including Adonsi, Googo, Widnaba, Farik and Nosqua —...

Women farmers restoring landscapes and improving livelihoods in Rwanda
Leading farmers like Beatrice Mukagasarabwe are driving regreening of degraded agricultural land in the country. By Charity Uwase* Beatrice Mukagasarabwe, 38, is a champion farmer in her village of Kadebo, Bugesera District in Rwanda. An environmental enthusiast, she...

New guide to engaging communities in planning for sustainability
The Regreening Africa program has produced a guide to ensuring the work will continue after the program ends. By Marion Aluoch Sustainability planning is essential in any project to ensure that activities do not simply end when the project does. Having a plan in place...

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration
The EU has scaled up its contribution to reach Sustainable Development Goal 5 in all internal and external policy areas. Gender equality and empowering women and girls are among the top priorities of DG INTPA. This is also reflected in the EU gender equality strategy...

Meet the women behind the scenes of restoration in Kenya
By Laura Mukhwana*, Canol Emeke Ojukwu* and Marion Aluoch Women of all ages and localities have devoted themselves to restoring their landscapes. They are motivated by a desire to improve the livelihood of their families and communities through conservation. They also...

Diversifying to enhance conservation and food security in Ghana
Farmers are benefiting from training in various sustainable agricultural and agroforestry practices by World Vision Ghana.

Sustainable farming and access to finance improves livelihoods in Ghana
Farmers have learned how to improve soil fertility, leading to increased yields and more savings for reinvestment.

A voice for youth in landscape restoration
As the current and future stewards of land restoration, youth need to act and speak up as advocates of land restoration.

Tree-based value chains: key to better livelihoods and conserved landscapes in Africa
Tree resources can provide a variety of economic, social and environmental benefits to local communities. Africa has a huge opportunity to increase the value of trees.