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Restore Africa Programme

The Restore Africa programme aims to restore more than two million hectares of land and directly support two million smallholder farms in the next five years across six African countries – Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The programme is an innovative community-led model that connects the local efforts of farmers on the ground with new revenue streams from global carbon markets.

Building on the existing investments of smallholder farms and NGOs to restore degraded ecosystems, the Global EverGreening Alliance will support farmers to adopt regenerative and other sustainable land management practices that sequester GHG emissions at scale.

Summit/ Mobilisation process: UNFCCC COP26, Glasgow, Scotland (2021).

Activity period 2021–2025
Last CoAct update n/a
Web URL https://www.evergreening.org/restoreafrica/#
Output effectiveness
0.33
Accountability Index
0.00
Inclusiveness Index
0.35
Num. actors 18
Functions Knowledge dissemination, Institutional capacity building, Standards and norms
SDGs 10 11 13 15
Themes land use
Policy focus Mainly adaptation
Sectors Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Implementation countries Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, the United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia
Target Target type
Restore Africa aims to directly support 1.5 million smallholder farming families across six countries in Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia People/countries affected target
Restore Africa aims to restore 1.9 million hectares of land in Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia Area target
In Kenya alone, Restore Africa will work with 250,000 households to grow more trees, with the aim of restoring 250,000 hectares of land. Area target