With 21.6 million trees planted and over 50,000 hectares restored, Restore Local aims to expand community-driven solutions for land restoration, jobs, and climate resilience.
Restore Local, an initiative dedicated to accelerating locally led land restoration across Africa, has officially launched.
Convened by World Resources Institute (WRI), this drive provides critical support to community organizations and entrepreneurs - helping these "restoration champions" revitalize degraded landscapes, strengthen community resilience and drive environmental conservation at scale.
Focusing on three key landscapes - Kenya's Greater Rift Valley, the Ghana Cocoa Belt, and the Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin spanning Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - Restore Local works with these groups to expand access to finance, strengthen technical capacity, secure policy reforms and improve impact monitoring. "Community-led organizations are the beating heart of Africa's land restoration efforts, but they can't do it alone - they need more support to take their impact to the next level," said Dr.
