Burkina Faso: Tree Planting to Promote Environmental Conservation and Improve Livelihoods in Burkina Faso

press release

Biodiversity loss, through land degradation and drought, is a serious threat to the sustainable development activities across the continent of Africa. This is often exacerbated by the lack of knowledge and skills on sustainable land management practices and forest biodiversity conservation. Low levels of awareness and sensitization of the advantages of land restoration among some, combined with poor regulation of resources, and lack of consideration for the interests of local communities, often leads to poor public support and participation towards conservation of natural resources.

It is against this backdrop that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with and with financial support from the Korea Forest Service, developed an initiative to help developing countries to restore degraded lands to combat desertification, promote sustainable biodiversity conservation and improve the livelihoods of local communities.

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