Regreening Africa was launched in 2017 to help reverse degradation on one million hectares of land across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This summit will reflect on five years of achievements, lessons and the way forward for the project, and restoration a wider scale on the continent.
Simultaneous French-English translation available.
Agenda
Welcome and event outline
Facilitator
Marie Parramon-Gurney
CEO and Chief Transformative Impact Officer, SKULTCHA
Opening remarks
Speaker
Hans Christian Stausboll
Acting Director, European Commission Africa
A local perspective on the value of restoring livelihoods through landscapes
Speaker
Adrian Leitoro
Nature and People as One (NaPO)
From farm polygon to continent: The great big zoom-out show
Issoufou M.Kandeg, a farmer in Niger (Video)
Speakers
Tor-Gunnar Vågen
Senior Scientist and head of the Spatial Data Science and Applied Learning Lab (SPACIAL), CIFOR-ICRAF
Mawa Karambiri
Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel, CIFOR-ICRAF
Science, practice, and policy
Panelists
Tor-Gunnar Vågen
Senior Scientist and head of the Spatial Data Science and Applied Learning Lab (SPACIAL), CIFOR-ICRAF
Mawa Karambiri
Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel, CIFOR-ICRAF
Hilda Kegode
Impact Assessment and Acceleration (IAA) Specialist, CIFOR-ICRAF
Moderator
Short break: Fireside, video and Q&A
Facilitator
Marie Parramon-Gurney
CEO and Chief Transformative Impact Officer, SKULTCHA
The implications of Regreening Africa’s lessons and achievements for restoration in Africa and globally
Panelists
Louise Baker
Global Mechanism Managing Director, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Mamadou Diakhité
Acting Head of the Environmental Sustainability Division and AFR100 Secretariat Manager, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
Christophe Besacier
Senior Forestry Officer – Coordinator Forest and Landscape Restoration
Lori Pearson
Senior Policy Advisor, Catholic Relief Services
Key messages and the way forward
Speakers
Where to from here
Speaker
Tony Rinaudo
Principal Natural Resources Advisor, World Vision Australia
