South Africa

Restoration Commitment
• Water retention and landscape stability (erosion, combating desertification)
• Clearing sparse and dense stands of invasive plants and bush encroachment
• Re-vegetation
• Soil and donga rehabilitation and restoration
• Additional interventions to be determined through restoration opportunity assessments
• 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
• Land Degradation Neutrality target
• Environmental programmes under the auspices of Expanded Public Works Programme
Example; Working for Ecosystems, Working for Water, Working for Land, Working for Wetlands, Working on Fire, Landcare and National Forestry programme.
• Both technical and financial support is required.
• Funding to implement transformative projects and programs
• Support for workshops and institutional arrangements to implement the AFR100
• Development/establishment of restoration targets
• Identifying other means of financial mechanisms/resources aimed at scaling up investment in landscape restoration
• Skills development and knowledge sharing
• Program and project investments
• Science and technology innovations (funding to conduct research)