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In 2007, the African Heads of State and Governments endorsed the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) with the objective of tackling the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification in... [read more]

Forests play crucial ecological, social and economic roles in drylands, but in many regions they have become degraded. Worldwide, millions of hectares of dryland forest landscapes need to be restored to help tackle global challenges such as poverty, climate change,... [read more]

Kew Millennium Seed Bank a travaillé avec les gouvernements et les organisations forestières et agricoles pour éliminer les obstacles techniques à l'utilisation des espèces locales de valeur utilitaire dans les activités de reboisement, d'agro-foresterie ou de restauration des habitats et... [read more]

With the  financial support of the Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA), FAO in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Water and Forest Affairs, TIKA, the  Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal and its technical Institutions (Directorate of Water, Forests,... [read more]

The Great Green Wall Initiative is a direct contribution to a joint implementation of the Three Rio Conventions (UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UN Framework Convention on Climate change and UN Convention on Biodiversity) and particularly to Climate Risk... [read more]