Restoration 
Plantations and tree crop commodities 
Enhanced nutrition and food security 
Biodiversity, safeguarding and conservation 
Nationally determined contributions 
Bioenergy and biomaterials 
Blue carbon and peatlands 
Climate change adaptation 
Landscape governance 
Gender 
Silvopastoral systems 
Market-based agroforestry-forestry 
Farm-forest policy interface 
Agroecology 
Livelihood trajectory modelling and assessment 
Inclusive finance and business models 
Innovating finance for sustainable landscapes 
Public and private commitments to zero deforestation 
Orphan tree crops 
Effectiveness of approaches to sustainable supply 
Quality of FTA research for development 
Sentinel landscapes 
Foresight 
Seeds and seedlings delivery systems 
Smallholder tree-crop commodities 
This collection of 12 stories from women and men in nine countries in different parts of Africa shines a light on the efforts of communities, some of them decades-long, in restoring degraded forests and landscapes. The stories are not generated through any rigorous scientific process, but are nonetheless illustrative of the opportunities communities create as they solve their own problems, and of the many entry points we have for supporting and accelerating community effort. The stories show that leadership, social capital and cooperation, clear property rights/tenure, and supportive governance are important for successful community-based restoration. From the perspectives of communities, "success" is not only about the number of trees planted and standing over a certain terrain: it is also about the ability to secure and enhance livelihoods; to strengthen existing community relationships and to build new ones with other actors; to develop a conservation ethic among younger generations; and, in some cases, to expand the rights of excluded individuals and groups. This collection is about amplifying the voices of local people in global policy debates.... "Listen!"
Contents
Foreword. Communities restoring landscapes: Stories of resilience and succes
Story 2. Women gaining ground through reforestation on the Cameroonian coast
Story 3. Building resilience to climate change through community forest restoration in Ghana
Story 4. Thinking in tomorrow: Women leading forest restoration in Mt Kenya and beyond
Story 5. Mikoko Pamoja: Carbon credits and community-based reforestation in Kenya's mangroves
Story 6. Rights, responsibilities and collaboration: The Ogiek and tree growing in the Mau
Story 7. Restoring Madagascar's mangroves: Community-led conservation makes for multiple benefits
Authors:
Mwangi, E.; Evans, M.
Subjects:
landscape, landscape conservation, land rehabilitation, Reforestation, mangroves, conservation, gender
Publication type:
Brief, Publication
Year:
2018
