FAO activities
Local community members establishing a firebreak at an ANR site. ©FAO/Noel CelisFAO has been promoting the application of ANR for forest restoration for over 20 years, starting with efforts to raise awareness on ANR in Asia through demonstration plots, study tours and technology transfer.
In 2005, FAO developed a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project in the Philippines to catalyse extensive application of ANR in forest rehabilitation programmes in the country. This was followed by two phases of regional TCP projects to further upscale ANR application in Southeast Asia. FAO has also organized and partnered in workshops to better understand the challenges and opportunities of natural forest regeneration and to facilitate its inclusion as a major component of large-scale restoration initiatives (e.g. regional workshops, 2014 in Brazil and 2017 in China).
In recent years, FAO has been actively promoting the application of ANR through a number of projects or programmes:
- Improving livelihoods through the restoration of Chilgoza Pine in Pakistan as part of The Restoration Initiative (TRI)
- Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of Rural Communities Using Micro Watershed Approaches to Climate Change and Variability to Attain Sustainable Food Security
- Dryland Sustainable Landscape Impact Program (FAO-GEF)
- The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism
- Action Against Desertification