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on Fri, 02/15/2019 - 15:32
General Information
Resolution
46457
IUCN Constituent
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Africa
Country/Territory
Burundi
Congo (DROC)
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Rwanda
South Africa
Uganda
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
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Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit ( Germany )
WWF - Deutschland ( Germany )
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( Germany )
African Wildlife Foundation - Kenya HQ ( Kenya )
International Centre for Research on Agroforestry ( Kenya )
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Administracao Nacional das Areas de Conservacao ( Mozambique )
Ministry of Environment, Rwanda ( Rwanda )
Association Rwandaise des Ecologistes ( Rwanda )
South African National Parks ( South Africa )
Albertine Rift Conservation Society ( Uganda )
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World Resources Institute ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
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IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
FAO, BMZ, NEPAD
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
a Total of 100,000 hectares were reported to be under restoration by end of 2018. This was mainly in Countries where Bonn Challenge barometer has been implemented such as Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi etc.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
IN Africa a total of 28 countries with a total of 113 million hectares have been committed which is beyond 100million initially envisaged by the initiative. A series of Ministerial summit to endorse The AFR100 and Bonn Challenge in including the Central Africa forest commission countries who endorsed increment of domestic finance for restoration.
Status
Completed
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Domestic finance for restoration needs to continue be raised through education of policy makers.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Africa have committed 113million hectares beyond 100million targets and countries continues. Ownership of the initiative by countries demonstrated by domestic finance.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
IUCN have received funding from GEF under the TRI project ( https://www.iucn.org/theme/forests/projects/restoration-initiative-tri) to support implementation of landscape restoration at scale in 10 countries. Countries have committed to increase financing restoration of degraded landscapes . E.g malawi committed $6million every year to reverse degrdation and increase youth jobs and agriculture productivity. Rwanda, 6.7million/year.
III. Additional Information
Upload document
3rd AFR100 APM Report.pdf
(1.72 MB)
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat