The event, organised by NEPAD Agency in its role as AFR100 Secretariat
and supported by BMZ, IUCN, World Resources Institute, WRI, the World
Bank and the Global Landscapes Forum, GLF. African Forest Landscape
Restoration Initiative, AFR100, Annual Partnership Meeting, is an annual
continental forum which brings together leadership from 24 AFR100
partner countries, restoration champions, private sector operators,
Regional Economic Communities, RECs, Farmers’ Organisations, Civil
Society and technical partners from around the world. The meeting aims to engage participating countries in harmonising and
reaching the goal of restoring 100 million hectares of degraded and
deforested land by 2030.
AFR100 connects political partners — participating African nations —
with technical and financial support to scale up restoration on the
ground and capture associated benefits for food security, climate change
resilience, and poverty alleviation. This year’s theme: “Common Ground for Action – From Commitment to
Implementation”, seeks to raise the level of awareness of the importance
of restoration, review success stories and enhance a greater level of
participation of the public and related agencies in the environmental
sector which is critical, following the launch of the AFR100 Initiative
in 2015 and the emphasis placed by African countries on Forest Landscape
Restoration, FLR. AFR100 will accelerate restoration to enhance food security, increase
climate change resilience and mitigation and combat rural poverty.
AFR100 responds to the African Union mandate to bring 100 million
hectares of degraded land into restoration by 2030. It complements the
African Landscapes Action Plan, ALAP, and the broader LDBA programme of
the African Union. AFR100 contributes to the achievement of domestic restoration and
sustainable development commitments, the Bonn Challenge, and New York
Declaration on Forests among many other targets.
The initiative directly contributes to the Sustainable Development
Goals, SDGs, and the Paris Climate Agreement. It builds on the
experience and progress achieved through the TerrAfrica Partnership and
related landscape restoration efforts.
Tandong Calistus Jong
Niamey, Niger
