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Is Land Degradation Neutrality compelling and achievable?

Dennis GarrityDrylands Ambassador, UNCCDSenior Fellow, World Agroforestry Centre & World Resources InstituteChair, Partnership to Create an EverGreen Agriculture

Trend in non-climate related net primary productivity 19812006. Conijn et al 2013.New post-2015 Sustainable Development Goal: Zero Net Land Degradation by 2030Trend in biomass productivity by farming system

3Zero Net Land DegradationClassify all land into three categories:

DegradingRegeneratingStable

Monitor land degradation and regeneration in terms of biomass production.

Calculate the ratio: Regenerating/DegradingThe target is a ratio exceeding 1.0

Image: Flickr/CIFOR; Source: WRI150mhectares under restoration by 2020 ambitious global targets existThe Bonn Challenge350mhectares under restoration by 2030New York Declaration6In 2011, leaders in restoration announced the The Bonn Challenge a commitment to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land under restoration by 2020. This is an area almost the size of Mongolia.

The New Climate Economy recommends that 150 million hectares of agricultural land and 350 million hectares of forest landscapes are brought under restoration by 2030.

6RESTORE VITALITY AND BALANCE TO THE LANDSCAPE10AgricultureForestDegraded or Under-Utilized LandOpportunity to restore hope, security, resilience and sustained prosperityClimate Smart AgricultureForestAgro-forestry and SilvopastureLandscapes TodayLandscapes in 2050Restore ecosystem servicesIntensify & sustain productivityAvoid deforestationRestore into mixed systemsRestore & sustain productivity8Agro-forestry and SilvopastureReversing the paradigm of degradationThe Parkland Renaissance on Niger Farmlands

Farmer-Managed Regeneration of trees has been massively upscaled on the croplands in Niger

NIGERBringing back the Sahels underground forest5 million ha of land restored, over 200 million trees re-established

Additional half a million tonnes of grain per year

Reduces drought impacts

Sequestration of carbon in soil and trees

Learning from farmers:Farmer managed natural regenerationFarmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMTR) is spreading across southern Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. The structure and fertility of the soil has improved = rain soaks into the soil more readily and water tables have risen in some places, making water more accessible and available to plants and people alike.

Together, these changes have increased the resilience of farming systems to extreme weather events, diversifying sources of food and income and protecting land and water resources.

goods and services provided by indigenous trees: timber, firewood, fodder, fibre, medicines, fruits, edible leaves and nuts, fodder, dyes and many environmental services.11Major agroforestry regions in West Africa and potential directions of expansion

Malawi Maize Lands Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration Expanding Widely Vision for the Drylands

2nd Africa Drylands Declaration WE RECOMMEND AND PROPOSE that the drylands development community commit seriously to achieving the goal of

Enabling EVERY farm family and EVERY village across the drylands of Africa

to be practicing Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration by the year 2025."

14What is Evergreen Agriculture?A VISION of a more agroecologically intensive farming that integrates trees directly into crop and livestock production systems.Evergreen farming systems are double- story systems that feature both perennial and annual species (food crops and trees), maintaining a green cover on the land throughout the year.

Conservation agriculture with reduced tillage and trees increases productivity while restoring land quality and reducing labor.

FaidherbiaGliricidiaMaize stubbleFaidherbiaGliricidiaMaize DRY SEASONWET SEASONFertilizer-Fodder-Fuelwood Trees in Food Crop Production Systems

EverGreen Fertilizer SubsidiesLinking input subsidies to the upscaling of agroforestry for integrated soil fertility management

New Facility Assisting countries to develop the capability to scale-up fertilizer tree technologies within their input subsidy programs.

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17 African countries are now engaged in EverGreen AgricultureFarmer Managed Natural RegenerationConservation Agriculture with treesTrees interplanted in conventional tilled croplandFarmer Managed Natural Regeneration + Trees interplanted in conventional tilled croplandThe EverGreen Agriculture Partnership

International and regional development organisations - While Worldvision is one of our most important partners, we are also speaking to the Catholic relief service amoung other organisationsDonorsGovernments and PolicyInternational and Regional Research organisationsFarmers and agricultural groupsPrivate SectorEducation YouthCivil Society22