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RELEASE: Anchor Investments Announced to Launch $2 Billion Fund for Locally-Led Restoration in Africa
November 7, 2022 - 12:38
How 4 African Champions Are Restoring Land And Improving The Lives of Rural Farmers in Rwanda
November 7, 2022 - 04:14
Road to Kigali Impact Days: How Are These 16 African Businesses Restoring Land and Making Money?
October 14, 2022 - 06:11
Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Restoring Land in Malawi
July 26, 2022 - 05:34
We Need A Moonshot for Africa’s Land Restoration Movement
November 12, 2021 - 15:38
RELEASE: AFR100 Issues COP27 Challenge to Mobilize $2 Billion for Africa’s Locally Led Land Restoration Movement
November 2, 2021 - 11:30
Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land
October 4, 2021 - 23:19
Request For Proposals: Financing Africa’s Top 100 Tree Restoration Enterprises and Projects
September 9, 2021 - 11:03
Land Accelerator Africa: Dozens of Restoration Entrepreneurs, One Mission
September 2, 2021 - 18:10
Smarter Farm Subsidies Can Drive Ecosystem Restoration
August 25, 2021 - 12:33
AFR100: Toward solutions that protect and restore Africa’s ecosystems and human well-being
May 28, 2021 - 09:40
How Local Data Is Accelerating Land Restoration in Ethiopia
May 4, 2021 - 12:42
Improving the Monitoring of Forest and Landscape Restoration in Africa
January 11, 2021 - 17:40
7 Ways African Leaders Are Restoring Their Landscapes
October 13, 2020 - 13:25
Science must back initiatives to restore Africa’s forests, say experts
October 7, 2020 - 09:18
Benin Country Forest Note
October 5, 2020 - 18:30
Six tips for Africa’s restoration entrepreneurs
October 5, 2020 - 12:22
Ethiopian landscape restoration in 3 steps: Motivate, enable and implement
October 2, 2020 - 09:24
Tracking restoration progress in Malawi’s Rumphi District
September 30, 2020 - 13:27
Building capacity to monitor restoration in Niger
September 30, 2020 - 13:25
In Cameroon’s Far North, a champion traditional leader
September 28, 2020 - 15:33
Interactive database of FLR species in Madagascar
September 28, 2020 - 15:21
Togo continues to identify restoration opportunities
September 28, 2020 - 15:17
Rwanda’s restoration journey
September 28, 2020 - 15:05
Increasing private investment in Ethiopia’s forest sector
September 28, 2020 - 14:24
40 million trees for Nigeria's Yobe State
August 5, 2020 - 15:34
How to reimagine our food systems for a post-COVID world
June 18, 2020 - 08:16
Connecting the People Growing A Trillion Trees the Right Way
June 18, 2020 - 00:25
Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response
June 11, 2020 - 17:24
AFR100 and UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
May 14, 2020 - 16:18
TerraMatch: Funding Africa’s Restoration Movement
May 14, 2020 - 16:12
Developing Kenya’s FLR Implementation Action Plan (2021-2025)
May 14, 2020 - 16:04
Local governments working to restore land in Niger and Burkina Faso
May 14, 2020 - 16:01
Launching Madagascar’s official reforestation campaign
May 14, 2020 - 15:47
Cameroonian smallholder famers get involved with forest landscape restoration
January 9, 2020 - 17:02
Across Africa, Restoring Land is Climate Action
December 6, 2019 - 14:31
Energizing degraded land in the Congo Basin
December 2, 2019 - 09:07
Towards a pan-African restoration exchange: Cameroon and Madagascar journey together
November 14, 2019 - 09:54
Media Wrap-up: Fourth AFR100 Annual Partnership Meeting
November 7, 2019 - 14:23
AFR100: Restoring the future of Africa
November 7, 2019 - 09:25
Four Lessons from the Fourth Annual AFR100 Partnership Meeting
October 30, 2019 - 13:59
Discovering Ghana's Youth Afforestation Program
October 28, 2019 - 09:07
AFR100 and the Global Landscapes Forum team up in Accra
October 21, 2019 - 14:22
Who are the AFR100 Youth Ambassadors?
October 18, 2019 - 11:34
Malawi ups fire awareness in forest reserves
October 8, 2019 - 14:44
Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in 12 hours
August 22, 2019 - 14:44
Call for Applications: AFR100 Youth Ambassadors
August 14, 2019 - 14:03
Profile: Restoring Malawi's Dzalanyama Forest Reserve with Alinafe Kaudzu
August 14, 2019 - 12:21
A Community on Kenya's Coast Restores Mangroves for Food Security
August 14, 2019 - 11:17
Cameroon: 1 million trees revitalizing a local community
July 29, 2019 - 14:45
Benin’s Marcelline Atiogbe: From degradation to land restoration
July 29, 2019 - 13:14
Cameroon and Madagascar embark on South-South exchange
July 29, 2019 - 13:13
Enrichment planting in Kenya’s Buda complex and Shimba hills ecosystem
July 29, 2019 - 13:10
Senegal: The State fights illegal logging
July 29, 2019 - 13:09
Côte d’Ivoire: Deforestation as the problem, biochar as the solution
July 29, 2019 - 13:06
Cameroon: Displaced people and environmental challenges
July 29, 2019 - 13:04
Burkina Faso: Communities engaged in the management of degraded land
July 29, 2019 - 11:45
Identification of Restoration Opportunities in Togo’s Lacs Prefecture
July 29, 2019 - 11:43
AFR100 Implementation in Nigeria
July 29, 2019 - 11:42
Tree Planting in Erythrina Nursery, Mchakama Village, Tanzania
July 29, 2019 - 11:41
Successful Mangrove Restoration in Boeny, Madagascar
July 29, 2019 - 11:40
Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa
July 10, 2019 - 15:22
Can planting billions of trees save the planet?
June 19, 2019 - 17:03
AFR100 Storytelling: How communities and their landscapes can thrive together
June 4, 2019 - 11:17
Tanzania: 100,000 Trees in the ground with One Tree Planted
April 18, 2019 - 09:14
Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience
April 15, 2019 - 12:20
UN declares Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
March 18, 2019 - 13:34
For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity
February 6, 2019 - 11:32
NEPAD is transforming into the African Union Development Agency
February 5, 2019 - 10:57
A community fund boosting livelihoods and conservation in Uganda
February 4, 2019 - 11:04
African entrepreneurs shine at world’s first start-up accelerator for land restoration
January 30, 2019 - 07:08
The future of AFR100: Restoration opportunities for young people at the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2018
January 7, 2019 - 11:24
Malawi is Putting its Money Where its Forests Are
December 19, 2018 - 16:42
Young Entrepreneurs See Business Opportunity in Rural Africa’s Degraded Lands
December 11, 2018 - 11:30
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NEWS: World’s First Startup Accelerator for Land Restoration Launches in Africa
December 6, 2018 - 07:07
100 million hectares in Africa under restoration by 2030
November 29, 2018 - 13:52
Seedballs Kenya: A thriving restoration enterprise changing the charcoal industry
November 14, 2018 - 14:14
AFR100 Countries Discuss Funding for restoration during Nairobi GEF Workshop
November 6, 2018 - 10:30
Kenya’s Restoration Vision with CAS Mohamed Elmi
October 18, 2018 - 15:58
NEW REPORT: 73 percent of Ethiopia’s land could benefit from restoration
October 8, 2018 - 08:03
PRESS RELEASE: AFR100 celebrates 111 million hectares of commitments
October 1, 2018 - 08:32
Burkina Faso: The Man Who Stopped the Desert Receives 2018 Right Livelihood Award
September 24, 2018 - 11:27
Uncertain rangeland rights put traditional knowledge, sustainability at risk
September 13, 2018 - 13:29
Despite obstacles, GLF delegates see progress on AFR100 forest targets
September 6, 2018 - 16:22
Why is it critical to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes? A glimpse of WWF’s efforts and vision
September 6, 2018 - 15:35
What happened at the 3rd Annual AFR100 Partner Meeting?
September 4, 2018 - 11:29
Tanzania and Togo pledge AFR100 land restoration targets
September 4, 2018 - 10:45
“Voices of the Landscape” at GLF offer insights into community restoration initiatives
September 4, 2018 - 10:42
GLF Nairobi shines spotlight on communities in Africa restoring degraded landscapes
September 4, 2018 - 10:38
GLF Nairobi backs taking U.N. decade of ecosystem restoration concept to General Assembly
September 4, 2018 - 10:35
Radio Helps Niger Farmers Bring Life Back to Their Land
August 10, 2018 - 10:56
JustDiggit: A green Kuku & Amboseli
August 10, 2018 - 10:15
A new partnership in Rwanda to plant 28,000 trees
August 10, 2018 - 09:38
Farm ponds offer a unique integrated solution for Kitui County, Kenya
August 10, 2018 - 08:51
Momentum for U.N. decade of ecological restoration grows ahead of Nairobi GLF
July 6, 2018 - 10:34
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Yaouza’s Story: How Forest Conservation Can Boost Incomes in Niger
June 27, 2018 - 13:08
AFR100 Pledge Map
Nigeria - Africa's largest economy - backs land restoration with 4-million-hectare pledge
November 29, 2017 - 09:03
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Niger hosts AFR100, paves a way forward for implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration on the ground
October 12, 2017 - 16:14
GLF Filling in the Gaps
Forest and Landscape Restoration: Filling in the gaps
October 12, 2017 - 16:06
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Why restoration, why Africa, why now?
October 12, 2017 - 16:00
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Two years underway, AFR100 is seeing change
October 12, 2017 - 15:51
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How do you stop the desert? Niger may have the answer
October 12, 2017 - 15:31
Nigerien farmer speaking at the AFR100
Africa takes action to advance landscape restoration goals
September 29, 2017 - 12:40
Woodlot in Malawi
Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis
August 7, 2017 - 12:43
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We Discovered 1.8 Million Square Miles of Forest in the Desert
August 7, 2017 - 12:19
Kenyan tree - example of restoration
Tree-planting Startup Shows 4 Steps to Raising Capital for Restoration
August 4, 2017 - 10:47
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AFR100.org: Celebrating commitments to restore more than 75 million hectares of land across Africa
May 17, 2017 - 07:37
African Nations Poised to Rapidly Accelerate Landscape Restoration
African Nations Poised to Rapidly Accelerate Landscape Restoration
April 11, 2017 - 08:15
Produce knowledge to restore degraded natural resources
December 15, 2016 - 16:05
AFR100 Regional Conference, 11-12 October 2016
December 15, 2016 - 15:49
Kenya to Restore Denmark-sized Area of Degraded Land
Kenya to Restore Denmark-sized Area of Degraded Land
October 17, 2016 - 19:07
Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands by Improving Farmers’ Rights
Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands by Improving Farmers’ Rights
October 15, 2016 - 17:56
RELEASE: African Countries Launch AFR100 to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Land
PRESS RELEASE: African Countries Launch AFR100 to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Land
October 7, 2016 - 08:09