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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.

25 Countries

84.3Million hectares

P O L I T I C A L

$1B in development finance

$481Mprivate sector commitment

F I N A N C I A L

• New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Agency)• World Resources Institute (WRI)• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)• World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)• Jane Goodall Institute (JGI)• The Landscapes for People Food and Nature Initiative (LPFN)• Kijani• The Greenbelt Movement• International Tree Foundation• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)• Partnerships for Forests

• International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)• World Vision• CIRAD• United Nations Development Programme: South Africa Country Office (UNDP-RSA)• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

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

• Central African Republic• Democratic Republic of Congo• Ethiopia• Ghana• Kenya• Liberia• Madagascar• Malawi• Mozambique• Niger• Nigeria• Rwanda

• Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)• World Bank• Green World Ventures• Ecoplanet Bamboo

• Global Environment facility (GEF)• NatureVest• Moringa Partnership• Permian Global• Terra Global Capital

• Form International

• Togo• Uganda• Benin• Cameroon• Senegal• Tanzania• Burundi• Cote d'Ivoire• Guinea• Republic of Congo• South Africa• Sudan• Chad

19T E C H N I Q U E

technical partners

3%of GDP is lost annuallyfrom soil and nutrient depletion on farmland

2.8Mhectares of annual forest cover loss (larger than Rwanda)

65%of Africa’s land is affected by degradation

4. Increase Climate Change ResilienceIn Tigray, Ethiopia, restoration expanded dry season farming from 40 to 40,000 hectares over the past 20 years

5. Reduce Disaster Risk A single mature baobab in Niger’s Mirriah district produces leaves and fruit worth at least $28, allowing farmers to buy cereals and other food during droughts

6. Combat DesertificationTrees help restore, maintain and improve soil fertility by increasing organic soil matter

1. Boost ProductivityIn southern Niger, women used to spend 2.5 hours a day collecting firewood from sparse landscapes. Now, they spend only 0.5 hours by pruning on-farm trees.

2. Improve Food and Water SecurityIn Zinder and Maradi, Niger, adding trees to farms increased crop yields by 15-30%

3. Protect BiodiversityIn Malawi, increasing trees on farms slowed deforestation by reducing the need to cut existing forests

Africa Faces Increasing Resource ChallengesAfrica's population is expected to nearly double by 2050, increasing demands on already-scarce soil and water resources and exacerbating existing challenges:

Restoring Degraded Land Can Improve LivelihoodsAfrica 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.