In 2018, severe flooding impacted the region immensely. Studies have shown that in Liberia, around 2.2 million people are exposed to floods, 320,000 to coastal erosion, and 2.1 million to windstorms. And with the impact of climate change, the country is expected to see increased risks from natural disasters. 

Liberia

The rate of degradation of the peri urban mangrove forest in Mombasa is approximately 5% per year. In particular, Tudor creek in Mombasa County, Kenya has lost over 80% of the original mangrove forest cover in the past 20 years caused to locally unsustainable use of the mangroves for firewood and exports to the Middle East. 

Kenya

Uganda

Nigeria

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Peru

Ecuador

Reforestation Commons provides technical support to a network of community-based organizations implementing Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) activities in key ecosystems.

Active Reforestation Commons Partnership Zones

Youthbridge Foundation

Project works closely with the pilot community of Bokrom and other communities.  They have launched a campaign Plant to Own a Tree which encourages communities or even individuals across the region to plant trees and share them as a social media campaign.

Urban Monrovia

Liberian Youth For Climate Actions

LYCA's sole purpose is to work with youths, communities, and other related NGOs in addressing the issues of climate change and environmental problems in Liberia and Africa at large.

Mombasa County, Kenya

BigShip

Big Ship’s flagship project, #BringBackTudorCreek, is mangrove restoration that conserves and re-establishes deforested and/or degraded mangrove ecosystems in partnership with the surrounding communities. This improves fishing, gathering and bee-keeping.

Regen Shope Initiative

Regenshope's mission is to empower smallholder farmers through hands-on training in regenerative agriculture to address climate change and create a more sustainable, equitable food production and distribution system.

Omo Reserve

Anambra State

Nigeria Conservation Foundation

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) is the premier Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to nature conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria.

ANECAP

Association of Peruvian Communal Reserves

Youth-Led Technology-Enabled Reforestation Movement

Active Reforestation Commons Partnership Zones