Dryland restoration successes in the Sahel and Greater Horn of Africa show how to increase scale and impact

Chris Reij, Nick Pasiecznik, Salima Mahamoudou, Habtemariam Kassa, Robert Winterbottom & John Livingstone

 1.1 Restoration of agricultural landscapes and dry forests in Senegal

Gray Tappan, Mike McGahuey & Robert Winterbottom

1.2 Post-project impacts of restoring degraded land in Tahoua, Niger

Abdou Hassane & Chris Reij

1.3 Successful landscape restoration in Abreha We Atsbeha watershed, Tigray, Ethiopia

Mitiku Haile & Dawit Gebregziabher

1.4 History and impacts of dryland restoration in Yatenga, Burkina Faso

Adama Belemviré, Mathieu Ouedraogo, Chris Reij & Gray Tappan

1.5 Two decades of farmer managed natural regeneration on the Seno plain, Mali

Mary Allen, Mamadou Diakhite & Drissa Gana

In brief (i): Farmers working together to restore their degraded land and diversify production

Beverly Mugure Gichiri

1.6 Adoption of farmer managed natural regeneration in Senegal

Robert Winterbottom, Mike McGahuey & Gray Tappan

1.7 Farmers’ strategies for adapting to climate change in Niger

Soulé Moussa & Abasse Tougiani

1.8 The climate-smart village approach: communities at the heart of restoration in Senegal

Diaminatou Sanogo, Moussa Sall, Baba Ansoumana Camara, Mouhamadou Diop, Marcel Badji & Halimatou Sadyane Ba

1.9 Large-scale regreening in Niger: lessons for policy and practice

Adam Toudou, Abasse Tougiani & Chris Reij

2.1 Using market incentives to drive regreening: the case of Sahara Sahel Foods in Niger

Josef Garvi & Renate D. Garvi-Bode

2.2 Financial incentives promoting afforestation in Uganda’s drylands

Zainabu Kakungulu & Leonidas Hitimana

In brief (ii): Seedballs: an innovative way to restore drylands

Teddy Kinyanjui

2.3 Forest and farm producer organizations in Ghana’s drylands: key partners in restoration

Elvis Kuudaar, Sophie Grouwels, Pauline Buffle & Saadia Bobtoya

In brief (iii): Sustainable charcoal value chains support dryland restoration in Ghana

Mercy Owusu, Daniel Abu & Joseph Asante

2.4 Land restoration requires a shift from quantity to quality: lessons from Tigray, Ethiopia

Niguse Hagazi, Aster Gebrekirstos, Emiru Birhane, Frans Bongers, Rob Kelly & Achim Bräuning

In brief (iv): Multipurpose benefits of Acacia saligna in the drylands of northern Ethiopia

Emiru Birhane, Abrha Brhan, Niguse Hagazi, Kinfe Mezgebe, Girmay Darcha, Peter Cunningham, Rob Kelly, Frans Bongers & Adugna Gessesse

2.5 Restoring the gum arabic belt in Sudan with local communities

Elsayda Mohamed Elhassan Elfadul, Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud, Hassan Mofadel, Erkan Ozcelik, Simon Rietbergen, Faiza Siddig & Brent Simpson

2.6 Restoring grasslands in Kenya’s Rift Valley

Elizabeth Meyerhoff, Peter de Groot & Billy Jones

In brief (v): Linking restoration and sustainable wood fuel initiatives in Sahelian Cameroon

Denis Jean Sonwa, Abdon Awono, Lydie Flora Essamba à Rim & Pamela Tabi

3.1 Local land-use plans, bylaws and conventions reduce resource-based conflicts

Brook Johnson & Douglas Steinberg

3.2 Scalable and equitable governance in farmer managed natural regeneration

Matt Kandel, Chanimbe Benamba, Rahinatu S. Alare, Genevieve Agaba & Kate Schreckenberg

In brief (vi): Understanding the dimensions and context of participation in restoration

Aster Gebrekirstos, Niguse Hagazi, Emiru Birhane & Meine van Noordwijk

3.3 Enhancing women’s rights and lives through gender-equitable restoration

Safiétou Tiendrébéogo, Adidjata Ouedraogo, Ramané Kabore, Sita Zougouri, Marlène Elias, Alain Touta Traore, Barbara Vinceti, Daouda Traore & Emma Lucie Yago-Ouattara

In brief (vii): Connecting youth and trees through experience, education and ownership

Peter Borchardt, Mitiku Ketema, Kifle Worku, Shibru Siku, Deresse Kochena & Maximilian Schmid

3.4 Advances in managing and utilizing exotic tree invasions in the Greater Horn of Africa

Nick Pasiecznik, Amsale Shibeshi, John Livingstone & Simon Choge

In brief (viii): Managing native ‘bush encroachment’ in East African rangelands

Staline Kibet, Simon Choge, Ross Shackleton & Urs Schaffner

3.5 Agroforestry: sustainably increasing soil productivity in the West African Sahel

Mike McGahuey

3.6 More trees for more water in drylands: myths and opportunities

Douglas Sheil & Aida Bargués Tobella

4.1 Regreening Africa: a bottom-up transformation of degraded lands

Grace Koech, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Olaf Westermann, Mieke Bourne, Davis Wamawungo, Sammy Carsan, Tor‑Gunnar Vågen, Stephanie Ojee & Susan Chomba

4.2 Landscape restoration is more than land restoration: the Dryland Development Programme

Phosiso Sola, Judith Oduol, Niguse Hagazi, Sammy Carsan, Rob Kelly, Jonathan Muriuki, Kiros Hadgu & Maimbo Malesu

“Build on the rich experiences of truly successful grassroots restoration

Interview with Dennis Garrity

“Forest landscape restoration is not just about planting trees”

Interview with Mamadou Moussa Diakhité

“Policy makers are key actors, especially at the regional and continental level”

Interview with Elvis Paul Tangem

“We need to work better together and unite our restoration efforts”

Interview with Nora Berrahmouni

4.3 Improving the monitoring of forest and landscape restoration in Africa

Salima Mahamoudou & Bernadette Arakwiye