CHRIS REIJ, BOB WINTERBOTTOM SCALING UP REGREENING: SIX STEPS TO SUCCESS A Practical Approach to Forest and Landscape Restoration
Context: increasingly ambitious restoration targets Bonn Challenge (150 million ha by 2020) AFR100 (100 million ha by 2030) New York declaration on forests (350 million ha by 2030) NCE report (500 million ha)
Six steps to regreening success
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS? ►IMPROVED SMALLHOLDER FOOD SECURITY ►ENHANCED RESILIENCE TO DROUGHT ►WOMEN SPEND LESS TIME ON COLLECTING FIREWOOD ►POVERTY REDUCTION
WHAT IS LARGE-SCALE TREE-BASED RESTORATION? NIGER: 5 MILLION HA NEW AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS MALAWI? SMALLHOLDERS CULTIVATE 5.3 MILLION HA FOREST AREA IN MALAWI 3,237,000 ha (2010)
Compare 1975 and 2005 (Zinder, Niger)
2002
2016
Source: Google Earth, 2005 Comparative Overview of Terroirs on Opposite Sides of the Niger-Nigeria Border Source: Google Earth, 2005 Nigeria Niger
SUCCESSES IN MALAWI?
Farmer-to-farmer study visits
Farmer experts train other farmers
Develop village institutions for tree management
MAINSTREAM AGROFORESTRY INTO EXISTING AND NEW AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
FARMERS INVEST IN TREES WHEN THEY PERCEIVE OWNERSHIP
Organize national and regional experience-sharing workshops
Radio programs are followed by millions of farmers
w4ra.org: the Web Alliance for Regreening in Africa Hans Akkermanswww.w4ra.org23
W4RA: MIX ICTs – WEB, MOBILE, VOICE SERVICES, RADIO – for maximum scale of information, communication, knowledge sharing Hans Akkermanswww.w4ra.org24
EXAMPLE APPLICATION: SPREADING VALUE CHAIN / MARKET INFORMATION Hans Akkermanswww.w4ra.org25
Mobilizing regreening champions and media
PRODUCE DOCUMENTARIES FOR TV
A MORINGA FOREST IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
RESEARCH TO FILL GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE Multiple impacts of FMNR/restoration Costs and benefits Winners and losers
EXPAND THE SCALE OF TREE-BASED RESTORATION SUCCESSES WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. LET’S ACT !!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Download the report at :