With a population of 1.4 billion, a surface area of over 30 million km2 and a land cover of 6% of the earth's surface, Africa is the region most vulnerable to climate change. Extreme weather phenomena are degrading the soil and accelerating the advance of the desert, with 319 million hectares threatened by desertification according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). To curb the phenomenon, governments, businesses and civil society are setting up a range of reforestation projects. But does planting trees really help to combat global warming?
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Dried rivers, denuded forests, dead livestock, malnourished children, disempowered populations these are just some of the harrowing images the media routinely depict about Africa. Indeed, land degradation, desertification, and drought are causes for concern. Yet we know that the continent’s peatlands, grasslands, forests, and rivers represent the promise of restoration. Peatlands,…