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Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism

Webinar “Forest and landscape restoration: Participatory approaches and monitoring”
09/07/2018

The webinar “Forest and landscape restoration: Participatory approaches and monitoring” on 23 May 2018 gave members of the Online Community of Practice for Forest and Landscape Restoration, which totals 800...

Restoration activities in Lebanon
09/07/2018

The FAO-based Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) in Lebanon has implemented, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), pilot restoration actions involving restoration of abandoned agricultural stone terraces...

Participatory FLR and its monitoring: resources and highlights of the exchanges
13/09/2018

More than 800 members of the online community of practice for forest and landscape restoration attended the knowledge-sharing forum ‘Forest and landscape restoration: Participatory approaches and monitoring’ held between 17...

First Global Steering Committee of the project: "Forest and Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel"
13/09/2018

The first meeting of the Global Steering Committee (GSC) of the project ‘Forest and Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel’ (Restauration des Forêts et des Paysages et...

The Fourth Advisory Group Meeting of the Forest and Landscape Mechanism: reflecting on achievements, planning ahead
13/09/2018

The fourth Advisory Group meeting of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) was held 17 July 2018, parallel to the 24th session of the FAO Committee of Forestry (COFO...

Status of the four main regional initiatives on Forest and Landscape Restoration: a COFO side event organized by the FLRM
13/09/2018

On 20 July 2018, FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) organized an event ‘Status of the four main regional initiatives on Forest and Landscape Restoration’. Over 60 participants from...

Introducing the first GPFLR publication and other key restoration initiatives: a COFO side event organized by the FLRM
13/09/2018

During the 24th session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 24) and the World Forest Week events at FAO headquarters in Rome 16 to 20 July 2018, FAO’s Forest and...

Launch of The Restoration Initiative (TRI) Global Programme
15/03/2019

The Restoration Initiative (TRI), is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded programme that brings together three agencies – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union...

Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) Launch Workshop in Guinea
18/03/2019

On 22-23 January 2019, FAO and the Ministry of the Environment for Water and Forests in Guinea organized a workshop to launch the “Support for Forest and Landscape Restoration in Guinea”...

The Role of Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Mediterranean Region
18/03/2019

Following the success of the first edition launched in 2013, the new edition of the FAO-Plan Bleu publication: “State of Mediterranean Forests 2018 (SoMF)” was issued in November 2018. The report...

Local financing for Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR)
18/03/2019

The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) has developed an Online Community of Practice to share ideas and knowledge with communities and built a Community of Practice on Finance for...

“Large Scale Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa” – a new consortium partner programme for AFR100
18/03/2019

A consortium of restoration partners was recently established to prepare a new programme under the AFR100 initiative that aims to support FLR in several African countries. The programme entitled: “Large...

Launch of the national projects under The Restoration Initiative (TRI) in the Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe (STP)
18/03/2019

The project: “Landscape Restoration for Ecosystem Functionality and Climate Change Mitigation in the Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe (STP),” is part of the framework programme of The Restoration Initiative...

The Korea Forest Service awards Douglas McGuire for his service at FAO
13/11/2019

Ever since the establishment of Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) at FAO, Douglas McGuire has been enthusiastically leading and coordinating global forest and landscape restoration activities to help countries...

New approaches to restore degraded lands and revive local livelihoods
13/11/2019

During The Restoration Initiative (TRI) Capacity-Building week at FAO headquarters, gathering all national TRI project teams and Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) project teams, participants had a chance to...

FLR and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel
13/11/2019

  The second meeting of the Global Steering Committee of the project "Forest and Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel" was held on 3 October 2019 at FAO...

The Fifth Advisory Group meeting of the FLRM
13/11/2019

  The fifth Advisory Group meeting of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) was held 4 October 2019 at FAO headquarters in Rome. This meeting, coordinated by FAO’s FLRM team,...

The Restoration Initiative Week
13/11/2019

Strengthening the Capacity of National Project teams and sharing best lessons The Second Global Capacity-Building Workshop of The Restoration Initiative  (TRI) was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy from 7...

Study on value chain development in the Kenyan Arid and Semi-Arid lands
06/02/2020

Tapping the locally available natural resources in the Kenyan Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASALs) for the improvement of livelihoods The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), through The Restoration Initiative (TRI) project,...

The Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology approach in DRC
06/02/2020

The South Kivu province is one the most densely-populated provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leading to an increasing pressure on natural resources and the escalation of...