AFRICAN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION

To mitigate climate change impacts in Africa through ecological (ecosystems) restoration and biodiversity conservation

Issues Tackled:

Unsustainable Logging: Core Deforestation Driver

Declining Elephant Population

urban Development Ecologization

Why AERF?

In the African context, ecological restoration is a biodiversity driven forest restoration concept that seeks to recreate an ecosystem as close as possible to that which originally existed.

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Research

Our activities, Projects and Programs

Public Ecological and Climate Education, Policy Advocacy, and Stakeholders Mobilization
Ecological (Ecosystem) Restoration Activities, Projects, and Programs
Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods
Biodiversity Decline and Community Based Conservation
Local Knowledge and Research Activities
Bush Meat Hunting and Alternative Protein
Urban Forests, Parks, and Botanic Gardens

What we do in ecological restoration

Coastal, Marine, Mangrove Restoration

Coastal vegetation, especially mangrove is being harvested for firewood, or cleared for other purposes e.g. aquaculture, and oil and gas activities.

Wetland Restoration

Examples of wetlands include: (i) estuarine (including deltas, tidal marshes and mudflats, and mangrove swamps).

Tropical Forest Restoration

Tropical rainforests are the most species rich natural environments on Earth. 75% of the Earth’s biodiversity is found in the tropics. Africa has the highest deforestation rate (4%) and the lowest reforestation rate (2%) in the world.

Grassland, Shrubland, Desert Restoration

Several countries in sub Saharan Africa are facing desertification problems hinging on Sahara Desert encroachment.

Wildlife Restoration

The IUCN website on Species Red list alerts the world on the growing number of extinct, endangered and threatened flora and fauna species in different African nations.

Urban ecology (ecosystem) restoration activities

Vasishth (2015) posits that urban areas are 2.5 to 5 degrees Celsius warmer than their surrounding countryside. Urban development ecologization or nature mainstreaming in urban development is at it’s lowest ebb in Africa.

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