AFRICAN FOREST LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE - AFR100 Item 8
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AFRICAN FOREST LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE - AFR100 Item 8. Document : FO:AFWC/2020/5 Nora Berrahmouni Senior Forestry Officer and Secretary to AFWC, FAO focal point for AFR100 FAO Regional Office for Africa With Contributions from Mamadou Diakhite, AFR100 Coordinator, AUDA-NEPAD Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” Background • AFR100 Governance • Progress in Countries’ engagement in AFR100 • FAO activities in support to AFR100 • Points for consideration to members and FAO Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” AFR100 Managt Team AFR100 Governance • AUDA, BMZ, GIZ, Structure IUCN, the WB, FAO, and WRI • Guidance/ support Partner AU/HoS Countries AFR100 Secretariat RECs • AUDA - NEPAD • Communication Hub Technical • Coordination Partners Financial Partners Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” AFR100 Countries’ Commitments • Political will is high • UN Decade to Ecosystem Restoration • Panafrican Agenda on Ecosystem restoration for increased resilience • ROAMs conducted in 20 countries • Countries’ strategies, budgets • Need more implementation, faster to meet countries’ targets Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” Priorities for support Awareness- raising and advocacy Monitoring National strategy development Successful restoration Accessing Coordination financing and Landscape mainstreaming action plans (local) Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” FAO Support to AFR100 FAO/AUDA-NEPAD Regional Technical Cooperation programme • Online monitoring and knowledge platform • Report on Restoration • Capacity development plan • Resource mobilization efforts Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” FAO Support to AFR100 The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) • Operational in 12 countries in Africa: Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe, Rwanda and Uganda => The Restoration Initiative (TRI) funded by GEF 6 in collaboration with UNEP and IUCN => IKI funded project: The Paris Agreement in action: upscaling forest and landscape restoration to achieve nationally determined contributions. Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” EXPANDING AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN WALL 8 EXPANDING AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN WALL 9 Example of transformative investments in Large scale restoration Total FAO’s AAD = > 53, 000 ha under restoration in 5 years Initial land preparation, Burkina Faso 2-year result of restoration, Burkina Faso www.fao.org/in-action/action-against-desertification EXPANDING AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN WALL 10 Assessment of Restoration needs & opportunities for Africa’s drylands 221 million hectares for restoration needs and opportunities in Africa’s drylands, where live 256 million people GGW Core areas (only arid and semiarid drylands): 1) GGW Sahara- Sahel: 780 million ha from which 166 million ha are restorable Population of: 232 millions GGW pledge COP14 - 2019: 100 millions ha to be restored by 2030 2) GGW Kalahari-Namib: 228 millions ha out of which 55 million ha are restorable Population of: 24 millions EXPANDING AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN WALL 11 Resource mobilization Green Climate Fund NDAs partnering with GGW agencies, AUC, PAGGW and FAO • Readiness projects approved Burkina, Senegal, Chad, Cameroun • Under formulation: a GCF multicountry regional project: Burkina, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal • Other projects under formulation with GCF and GEF in many countries Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” Points for consideration The Commission may wish to invite countries to: • assess opportunities for restoring degraded land and establish commitments for restoration under AFR100 • maintain the momentum of AFR100 by translating the country visions and commitments into concrete restoration plans and restoration programmes • support the mobilization of increased levels of public funding and financing from the private sector • Build synergies between AFR100, GGW and other ongoing restoration activities Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” Points for consideration The Commission may wish to recommend that FAO: • continue supporting member countries, upon their requests, in preparing AFR100 forest restoration plans and implementation strategies • continue supporting countries, upon request, in project formulation, mobilizing resources including through GEF and GCF, • continue the preparation of the planned "State of restoration in Africa" report, under the regional TCP project with partners Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security” Thank you! Merci beaucoup! [email protected] www.fao.org/forestry/afwc Twenty Second Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission “Forests and Wildlife: Africa’s diversity for shared prosperity and security”.