Background
Unsustainable agricultural practices and over-exploitation of natural resources, including forest degradation, have eroded ecosystem health on over approximately 2 billion hectares globally, including 60% of agricultural and pastoral lands in Africa. This degradation continues to negatively impact 3.2 billion people globally resulting in reduced climate resilience, exacerbating poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, as well as fuelling land abandonment and involuntary migration while increasing vulnerability to climate change.