Restoration of degraded lands

Viresco Solutions is a consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Its core business is greenhouse gas offset policy development and implementation, greenhouse gas emissions quantification, sustainable supply chain development, environmental offset methodology development, and providing technical assistance to others undertaking carbon offset project development. Its clients include industry and non-governmental associations, large private sector companies, and local, provincial and federal governments.

Country/region/village: Niger/Tondikiwindi/Darey 

Community: Darey

Half-moon with tree species Acacia Senegal, built by locals. Photo credit: Rodrigo Ordonez/GLF

A farmer from Loga standing close to one of the shrubs naturally assisted with millet cropping system.

Land management options for mitigation fall in the following four categories: a) cropland management; b) grazing land management/pasture improvement; c) management of agricultural lands and d) restoration of degraded lands. This description focuses on the restoration of degraded lands. Within this description, a differentiation is made between a) management of organic and peaty soils and b) restoration of other degraded lands.

Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. Through technology PAC enables poor communities to build on their skills and knowledge to produce sustainable and practical solutions - transforming their lives forever and protecting the world around them. Every year PAC uses technology to help over 1 million people out of poverty.

ONF International (ONFI) is an environmental expertise cabinet specialising in the sustainable management of ecosystems (notably forest based) and thefight against global warming. ONFI provides both public and private players with integral and pragmatic solutions that help valorise the role of forests and wood in land use development.

In the section titled, "From Yellow to Green: Building a Sustainable Regional Development Model (Page 75 ~ 83)" the UNCCCD describes some of the best practices of Green Asia Network, which earned it the 2014 Land for Life Award.

An Environmental Information System (EIS) aims to respond to decision-makers’ needs for information on the evolution of the environment, and its impact on people’s lives and the natural resources on which they depend.

Mine Reclamation Corporation (MIRECO) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is the only organization specialized in mine reclamation in Korea. Since its inception, MIRECO has contributed to restoring the environment damaged by mining operations and revitalizing the economy of abandoned mining areas.