Combating Deforestation

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COMBATING DEFORESTATION

According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), drylands take up 41.3% of the land surface. This is a significant proportion of our land to disregard as wastelands, considering that they are habitable and part of the remaining land includes some mountains

Globally, 24% of the land is degrading. About 1.5 billion people directly depend on these degrading areas.  Over the past century, humanity has cleared more than 1 billion hectares of forests worldwide.

Hearts of Green works with Government Agencies, the private sector and communities to restore degraded lands that are at risk of turning into arid and semi-arid lands due to climate change through the following approaches.

Promoting Ecosystem Services

Forests play a crucial role in supporting the resilience of “ecosystem services,” preserving natural resources that provide benefits to humans and improve social welfare. The act of planting Indigenous trees in areas previously deforested can revive our most critical ecosystems. This action not only encourages sustainable agricultural methods but also creates fresh prospects for local communities. Hearts of Green empowers forest-adjacent communities to restore degraded lands so that they can continue to provide their hydro-ecological economic and social-cultural functions.

Supporting Local Livelihoods

Forests support millions of community members by providing livelihoods through agriculture, pastoralism and economic enterprises. Supporting these communities to initiate Nature-Based Enterprises (NBEs) reduces dependence on forest wood products such as timber and charcoal. 

Development of silviculture, beekeeping, ecotourism, water harvesting techniques, efficient energy technologies and kitchen gardening are some of the initiatives that Hearts of Green promotes to provide diversified livelihoods options to communities