Every year, Africa loses an estimated 2.8 million hectares of forest, with deforestation and land degradation seriously affecting its environment and people. But across Africa, change is afoot. Communities on the ground are restoring mangroves, farmland, forests and ecosystems from Senegal to Madagascar, Uganda to Ethiopia. The GLF has created a crowdfunding initiative to make sure these communities have the resources they need to take the next steps in their restoration efforts.

And they need your help in order to make this is a reality.

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Read the Stories

GLF Nairobi showcased 12 stories from different parts of Africa who banded together to restore degraded land. By contributing, you can ensure that more women in Uganda own trees and provide important sources of nutrition and revenue for their families; that mangroves in Madagascar stop retreating and eventually expand to protect coastlines from climate change; and so that trees can take the place of desert in Burkina Faso.

Click on the thumbnails below to check out each story.

Burkina Faso
Holding back the desert: One farmer’s story of restoring degraded land in the Sahel region

Cameroon
Women gaining ground through reforestation on the coast

Ghana
Building resilience to climate change through community forest restoration

Kenya
Thinking in tomorrow: Women leading forest restoration in Mt Kenya and beyond

Kenya
Mikoko Pamoja: Carbon credits and community-based reforestation in the mangroves

Kenya
Rights, responsibilities and collaboration: The Ogiek and tree growing in the Mau

Madagascar
Restoring mangroves: Community-led conservation makes for multiple benefits

Mozambique
Flood recovery, livelihood protection and mangrove reforestation in the Limpopo River Estuary

Senegal
Regaining their lost paradise: Communities rehabilitating mangrove forests in the drought-affected Saloum Delta

Senegal
From the grass roots to the corridors of power: Scaling up efforts for conservation and reforestation

Tanzania
Taming the rising tide: Keeping the ocean at bay through community reforestation on Kisiwa Panza island

Uganda
Shaking the tree: Challenging gender, tenure and leadership norms through collaborative reforestation in Central Uganda

These communities are just a start. In the coming months, we will look at other communities in Africa where restoration initiatives are underway. With your help, we can make sure landscape restoration becomes a reality on the ground.