African Forest LandscapeRestoration (AFR100) InitiativeNEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

Wood Energy and FLR ForumDecember 2018|Bonn, Germany

Background AFR100 is a pan-African, country-led initiative to bring 100 million hectares of degraded lands into restoration by 2030.

AFR100 works within the framework of the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI)

Contributes to the Bonn Challenge and New York Declaration on Forests among other targets

Problem Statement for Africa

3 Mha/yr of forest are lost; approx. 65% of land in Africa is affected by degradation

Approx. 6 Mha/yr productive land lost to degradation 2nd highest deforestation rate in the world Forest loss and degradation exacerbated by CC;

poor land management threaten ecological functions vital to African economies

Governance of natural resources does not favour restoration at scale and numerous barriers impede progress

Forest landscape restoration (FLR) in Africa

AFR100 recognises benefits that forests and trees provide in African landscapes: o it is about securing livelihoods o It is about energy security o It is about agricultural productivity o It is about the appropriate trees in appropriate places.

New York Declaration on Forests

SUPPORT GLOBAL AMBITIONS

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Public sector

Private sector impact investment

Development banks

Multilateral finance

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AgroforestrySilvopastureWoodlotsRiparian buffersNatural forestsCoastal mangroves

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Mapping and monitoring

Economics and finance

Enabling conditions

Bridging research & practice

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NATIONAL POLITICAL AMBITIONS

Current Commitments

27 Countries have committed to restore over 110 million hectares to the AFR100 and Bonn Challenge

Next Steps: You are needed!

• More countries Commit to AFR100 and Bonn Challenge

• Continue to accelerate shift from political pledges into actions– Enhance cross-sector engagement,

coordination– Facilitate access to finance

• Resource mobilization

Thank youwww.afr100.org

mamadoud@nepad.org