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Africa: Reforestation Pledge to Bring Major Change in #AfricaClimateCrisis Fight?
allAfrica, 8 November 2021
More than 130 world leaders who gathered at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, have pledged to co-operate and reverse land degradation and forest loss by 2030 by signing the Glasgow… Read more »
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Africa: Will COP26 Deforestation Pledge Be Game-Changer or Just More Broken Promises?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 November 2021
A major commitment to ending and reversing deforestation at COP26 will need more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers linked to forest… Read more »
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Africa: Mass Tree Planting - How to Do It Right
The Conversation Africa, 12 October 2021
Around the world, there are huge tree-planting initiatives happening. Their aim is to restore forest landscapes, as having more trees provides livelihood benefits, enhances… Read more »
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Africa: Tropical Mountain Forests Store Far More Carbon Than We Thought - New Research
The Conversation Africa, 6 September 2021
Tropical forests are well known for being the "lungs" of our planet. Through photosynthesis, the trees in these forests produce oxygen and remove enormous amounts of carbon dioxide… Read more »
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Africa: The Long Shadow of Colonial Forestry Is a Threat to Savannas and Grasslands
The Conversation Africa, 31 December 2020
Tree planting to restore forests, capture carbon and improve the land has gained strong momentum in recent years. The Bonn Challenge and its offshoots such as AFR100, initiatives… Read more »
Reforestation Pledge to Change #AfricaClimateCrisis Fight?
More than 130 world leaders who gathered at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, have pledged to co-operate and reverse land degradation and forest loss by 2030 by signing the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use. Among these, 12 nations promised to make U.S.$12 billion available for climate finance between 2021 and 2025 in a new Global Forest Finance Pledge.
An additional U.S.$1.5 billion has been pledged to protect the forests of the Congo Basin, a critically important biome and home to the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world. Funds totalling U.S.$1.7 billion have also been allocated to support Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' forest tenure rights and their role as forest protectors, while U.S.$7.2 billion of private sector funding has also been mobilised.
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