NEPAD has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (Elite), as part of the TerrAfrica programme, to launch nation-wide training on `Forest Landscape Restoration and the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)’ in Malawi
NEPAD has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (Elite), as part of the TerrAfrica programme, to launch nation-wide training on `Forest Landscape Restoration and the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)’ in Malawi.
The training is part of efforts to build regional capacity and equip and strengthen communities with skills for forest landscape restoration (FLR) investment, design and implementation.
TerrAfrica is a programme aimed at implementing strategies to improving land quality, in order to sustain the performance of economies in African countries.
As part of efforts to engage countries in landscape restoration investments, TerrAfrica is conducting the training programmes in five African countries that have committed to forestry and landscapes restoration: Kenya, Coté de’Ivoire, Malawi, Niger and Uganda.
During a four-day training programme, participants will become equipped with the skills and knowledge needed for evidence-based planning, which TerrAfrica promotes as a way to ensure that restoration actions are mainstreamed in national development strategies.
Africa has the largest opportunity for restoration of any continent, with more than 700 million hectares of degraded land.
FLR can provide significant ecological, economic and social benefits to these lands and their communities once transformed into productive landscapes.
Several African countries have committed to restore more than 84 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands, and partnerships such as TerrAfrica are on hand to ensure plans are in place to match the ambitious targets of the restoration process.
