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Why does land restoration matter, when we speak about climate change? Why is local forest governance so important? What difference does it make when we can clearly see where finance is going — and whether it’s reaching the people leading restoration on the ground?

The interconnected and global crises of climate, land degradation and poverty are worsening and becoming more complex. This is especially true in regions like sub-Saharan Africa, host to many fragile and conflict-affected contexts. Nature-based solutions (NbS), such as land restoration and reforestation tackle these crises in an integrated way. They require an urgent scale up in the most vulnerable contexts. This scale up means more ambitious funding allocated to reforestation and land restoration, and localising forest governance and reforestation. Furthermore, ensuring that this funding truly reaches the communities leading restoration efforts requires effective tracking of climate finance. Transparent and accessible tracking systems help identify where resources are flowing, reveal gaps between commitments and local delivery, and strengthen accountability across all actors.

This side event will demonstrate the crucial importance of local forest governance in the success of land restoration and reforestation at scale, exploring concrete successful examples from the ground, including a 17-year programme of work building local forest governance in Burkina Faso led by Tree Aid, which unlocked transformative and high integrity carbon investment. We will also discuss with expert opinions what challenges and solutions exist to make local forest governance a priority in all efforts scaling land restoration, especially in African Drylands and how we can . This conversation will span scales and perspectives, gathering international researchers, government representatives, donors, project implementers and local civil society voices.

Salina Abraham ou Patrick Worms – Chief of Staff and Advisor to CEO / Senior Science Policy Advisor CIFOR-ICRAF
Susan Chomba – Director Vital Landscapes at WRI
Dr. Emmanual Nuesiri – Chair IUCN CEESP Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF)
Niclas Gottmann ou Bernard Crabbé – Policy Officer / Head of Environment and Mainstreaming Sector European Commission, DG INTPA
Daniel Tiveau – Program Manager Environment, Climate and Energy, Africa Department Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Dr. Adefires Worku – National Focal Point for GGW and Green Legacy Initiative Ethiopian Government
Aminata Diallo – Head of Vision Senegalese Agency for the Great Green Wall, Senegalese Government
Tom Skirrow – CEO Tree Aid
Buba Balkisou – National Coordinator REALPAC Cameroun (Réseau des Populations Autochtones et Locales pour la gestion durable des écosystèmes forestiers d’Afrique Centrale)
Pedro Chilambe – Research Lead Alliance Bioversity – CIAT and CGIAR
Eline Kajim ou Philip Skinner – Head of Commercial Development / Natural Capital Lead Acorn, Rabobank / Private Infrastructure Development Group