AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030. The initiativeâ€”launched formally at COP 21 in Parisâ€” will support the Bonn Challenge, a glob

Updated by samuel Ayivi June ,08, 2016

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

AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030. The initiative—launched formally at COP 21 in Paris— will support the Bonn Challenge, a global commitment to restore 150 million hectares of land around the world by 2020, the New York Declaration on Forests that builds on and extends the Bonn Challenge to 350 million hectares by 2030 and the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI), an initiative to promote integrated landscape management with the goal of adapting to and mitigating climate change.

WRI, in association with the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD Agency), and Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supports AFR100 through our Global Restoration Initiative. WRI facilitates the dialogue between governments, civil society, and the private sector to build an effective coalition that can achieve the initiative's goals.

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