Highlights
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How community shelters protect children and help women restore degraded lands in ...
How community shelters protect children and help women restore degraded lands in ...
In Niger, listening to local communities unlocked a simple but powerful solution — shelters that protect thousands of children from extreme heat, enabling their mothers to work, earn, and restore the land.
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Restoring Land and Livelihoods in Niger’s Tahoua Region
Restoring Land and Livelihoods in Niger’s Tahoua Region
In Niger’s Tahoua region, over 49,000 hectares of degraded land are restored and rural communities are seeing stronger, more sustainable livelihoods
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Mali: Climate Resilience and Environmental Governance
Mali: Climate Resilience and Environmental Governance
Mali faces a complex crisis where climate change, environmental degradation, and fragility intersect. This report shows how climate impacts worsen poverty, food insecurity, gender inequality, and conflict—highlighting ...
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Scaling-up sustainable solutions for dryland forests
Scaling-up sustainable solutions for dryland forests
Can dryland forests help stabilize the Sahel? Discover how communities are restoring land, boosting livelihoods, and building resilience in one of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
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West Africa food insecurity demands climate-smart response amid multiple crises
West Africa food insecurity demands climate-smart response amid multiple crises
West Africa is on the frontlines of a food crisis—climate-smart farming offers a lifeline amid conflict, inflation, and rising heat.
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Strategic Landscape Restoration for Resilience: Leveraging Ecosystem Services to Secure Livelihoods in ChadReport
Chad's farmland and pasturelands, 40% of its territory, are under severe threat from land degradation, desertification, and climate shocks, pushing millions toward food insecurity. But restoration is possible. This report maps where vulnerability is highest across Chad's landscapes, giving development partners a targeted roadmap to rebuild ecosystems, secure livelihoods, and unlock economic opportunity, including a deep dive into one of Africa's largest wildlife reserves, the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim in central Chad.
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Niger: Country Environmental Analysis
This Country Environmental Analysis for Niger examines the urgent environmental challenges threatening the country’s sustainable growth. With natural capital at the heart of livelihoods and food security, the report focuses on land degradation, deforestation, and climate change—offering policy recommendations to help Niger build resilience, protect resources, and drive more inclusive, climate-smart development.
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Burkina Faso - Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Sector Public Expenditure ReviewReview
This third Agriculture Public Expenditure Review for Burkina Faso examines how public funds are allocated, executed, and monitored in the agricultural sector. With agriculture central to employment and economic transformation, the review analyzes budget efficiency, coordination, and impact—spotlighting key areas such as input subsidies, irrigation, agricultural finance, and natural resources—to support more effective, climate-smart investment in a sector vital to resilience and growth.
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Sahel: Modernizing Multisectoral Approaches to Land Restoratione-book
This interactive eBook showcases the Sahel Landscape Restoration Program—an initiative supported by the World Bank’s PROGREEN trust fund. Through powerful visuals, data, and stories, it highlights efforts to restore land, build climate resilience, and improve livelihoods across the Sahel.
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Land Restoration Opportunities in the SahelStory Map
This World Bank story map offers an immersive look into the Sahel Landscape Restoration Program. Featuring interactive visuals, data, and local stories, it explores how communities across the Sahel are restoring land, enhancing resilience, and securing a more sustainable future—supported by the PROGREEN trust fund.
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8billion: Empowering Young Filmmakers Across the Sahel
The #8Billion campaign empowers young filmmakers in climate-vulnerable regions to tell their stories. By spotlighting local voices and solutions, it supports the Sahel Landscape Restoration Program—led by the World Bank’s PROGREEN trust fund—in restoring land, building resilience, and driving action.
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Sahel Modern Data & AnalyticsDisruptive Tech Deep Dives
This interactive story map and knowledge base offers a gateway to the latest insights on land restoration and climate resilience in the Sahel. Curated by theme, country, and resource type, it features reports, videos, and tools to support learning, innovation, and knowledge sharing—empowering practitioners across the region with accessible, tech-enabled solutions.
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Program Manager
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Paola Agostini