Africa restoring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030

Through AFR100, national governments, public and private sector partners, international development programs and local communities will restore productivity to deforested and degraded landscapes in order to improve livelihoods. AFR100 contributes to the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration on Forests and Sustainable Development Goal 15

POLITICAL FINANCIAL TECHNICAL technical partners 27 Countries $1B in 27 development • Catholic Relief Services finance • CIRAD • Conservation International 111 • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Million hectares Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) $481M • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) • • private sector • Global EverGreening Alliance • Burkina Faso • commitment • Heinz Sielmann Stiftung • • • International Center for Tropical • &Green Fund Agriculture (CIAT) • • • Acumen Fund • International Tree Foundation • • Nigeria • International Union for • Ecoplanet Bamboo Conservation of Nature (IUCN) • Central • Republic African of Congo • Form International • Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) Republic • • Germany’s Federal Ministry • Justdiggit • Cote d'Ivoire for Economic Cooperation • Kijani • and Development (BMZ) • Democratic • New Partnership for Africa’s Republic of • • Global Environment Development (NEPAD Agency) Congo • facility (GEF) • Partnerships for Forests • • Solidaridad Network • Swaziland • Green World Ventures • The Greenbelt Movement • • Moringa Partnership • • The Landscapes for People Food • • • NatureVest and Nature Initiative (LPFN) • • The Nature Conservancy (TNC) • • Permian Global • United Nations Development • • Terra Global Capital Programme: South Africa Country • World Bank Office (UNDP-RSA) • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) • UNIQUE • WeForest • World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) • World Resources Institute (WRI) • World Vision • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Contact Find out more: http://afr100.org Mamadou Diakhite | NEPAD Agency [email protected] Africa Faces Increasing Resource Challenges Africa's population is expected to nearly double by 2050, increasing demands on already-scarce soil and water resources and exacerbating existing challenges: 65% 3% 2.8M of Africa’s land is of GDP is lost annually hectares of annual affected by from soil and nutrient forest cover loss degradation depletion on farmland (larger than Rwanda)

Restoring Degraded Land Can Improve Livelihoods Africa has the largest restoration opportunity of any continent in the world—more than 700 million hectares of degraded land, or an area the size of Australia. This degraded land can be restored to forests or mosaic landscapes, providing many benefits.

1. Boost Productivity 2. Improve Food 3. Protect Biodiversity In southern Niger, women used to and Water Security In Malawi, increasing trees on farms spend 2.5 hours a day collecting slowed deforestation by reducing the In Zinder and Maradi, Niger, adding trees firewood from sparse landscapes. need to cut existing forests to farms increased crop yields by 15-30% Now, they spend only 0.5 hours by pruning on-farm trees.

4. Increase Climate 5. Reduce Disaster Risk 6. Combat Desertification Change Resilience A single mature baobab in Niger’s Mirriah Trees help restore, maintain and improve district produces leaves and fruit worth at soil fertility by increasing organic soil In Tigray, Ethiopia, restoration least $28, allowing farmers to buy cereals matter expanded dry season farming from and other food during droughts 40 to 40,000 hectares over the past 20 years Africa restoring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030

Through AFR100, national governments, public and private sector partners, international development programs and local communities will restore productivity to deforested and degraded landscapes in order to improve livelihoods.

Africa Faces Increasing Resource Challenges Africa's population is expected to nearly double by 2050, increasing demands on already-scarce soil and water resources and exacerbating existing challenges: 65% 3% 2.8M of Africa’s land is of GDP is lost annually hectares of annual affected by from soil and nutrient forest cover loss degradation depletion on farmland (larger than Rwanda)

Restoring Degraded Land Can Improve Livelihoods Africa has the largest restoration opportunity of any continent in the world—more than 700 million hectares of degraded land, or an area the size of Australia. This degraded land can be restored to forests or mosaic landscapes, providing many benefits.

1. Boost Productivity 2. Improve Food 3. Protect Biodiversity In southern Niger, women used to and Water Security In Malawi, increasing trees on farms spend 2.5 hours a day collecting slowed deforestation by reducing the In Zinder and Maradi, Niger, adding trees firewood from sparse landscapes. need to cut existing forests to farms increased crop yields by 15-30% Now, they spend only 0.5 hours by pruning on-farm trees.

4. Increase Climate 5. Reduce Disaster Risk 6. Combat Desertification Change Resilience A single mature baobab in Niger’s Mirriah Trees help restore, maintain and improve district produces leaves and fruit worth at soil fertility by increasing organic soil In Tigray, Ethiopia, restoration least $28, allowing farmers to buy cereals matter expanded dry season farming from and other food during droughts 40 to 40,000 hectares over the past 20 years

AFR100 contributes to the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration on Forests and Sustainable Development Goal 15

POLITICAL FINANCIAL TECHNIQUE technical 26 Countries $1B in 21 partners development • Catholic Relief Services finance • CIRAD • Deutsche Gesellschaft für 84.8 Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Million hectares • Food and Agriculture Organization of $481M the United Nations (FAO) • Heinz Sielmann Stiftung • Benin • Madagascar private sector • International Center for Tropical • Burundi • Malawi commitment Agriculture (CIAT) • Cameroon • Mozambique • International Tree Foundation • Acumen Fund • International Union for • Chad • Niger Conservation of Nature (IUCN) • Ecoplanet Bamboo • Central • Nigeria • Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) African • Form International Republic • Republic • Justdiggit of Congo • Germany’s Federal Ministry • Kijani • Cote d'Ivoire for Economic Cooperation • Rwanda and Development (BMZ) • New Partnership for Africa’s • Democratic Development (NEPAD Agency) Republic of • Senegal • Global Environment Congo facility (GEF) • Partnerships for Forests • South Africa • Solidaridad Network • Ethiopia • Green World Ventures • Sudan • The Greenbelt Movement • Ghana • Swaziland • Moringa Partnership • The Landscapes for People Food • Guinea and Nature Initiative (LPFN) • Tanzania • NatureVest • The Nature Conservancy (TNC) • Kenya • Permian Global • Togo • United Nations Development • Liberia • Terra Global Capital Programme: South Africa Country • Uganda Office (UNDP-RSA) • World Bank • United Nations Environment • &Green Fund Programme (UNEP) • World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) • World Resources Institute (WRI) • World Vision • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Contact Mamadou Diakhite NEPAD Agency [email protected]

Find out more: http://afr100.org .5mha 3.2mha 3.5mha 8mha Benin Niger Central African Democratic Republic Republic of Congo

2mha Sudan* Guinea 2.5 mha Senegal* Uganda Africa restoring 15 mha 1mha Ethiopia Liberia 100 million hectares 5.1 mha Kenya of deforested 5mha Togo* 2mha 2mha and degraded Ghana Rwanda

Tanzania* land by 2030 12mha in $1B Cameroon mha development 2 Burundi finance 22 countries 2mha have committed Republic of 4mha $481M Congo Madagascar to restore 75.3mha private sector 1mha AS OF FEBRUARY 2017 commitment Mozambique 4.5mha Malawai *formulating commitment