Restoring ecosystems through sustainable forest and land management in Namibia: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) hosted the inception workshop and official launch of the project called “Integrated landscape management to reduce, reverse and avoid further degradation and support the sustainable use of natural resources in the Mopane-Miombo belt of northern Namibia”.

The country has been a significant actor in the MEV-CAM initiative since 2020, where community members in Ntcheu, one of the districts in Central Malawi and targeted site for the DSL-IP, documented a handful of challenges but also many achievements experienced in their landscape.

Malawi and Tanzania upscale best practices through the Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management Initiative.

Focal points from the Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems of the Committee on Forestry (COFO WG) and the Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes (DSL-IP) held a meeting on Monday, to strengthen their collaboration and support activities in DSL-IP countries.

IIED and partners of the Forest and Farm Facility are providing business incubation support around country-specific core themes to forest and farm producer organisations in the Miombo Mopane ecoregion of Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

The event featured crucial country-level testimonials that shed light on context-specific challenges and opportunities, while also highlighting the pivotal role integration-based approaches play in fostering progress.

On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, the Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management (MEV-CAM) initiative kicked off its participatory video (PV) training. The MEV-CAM initiative is led by the Dryland Forestry team at theFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the South-South Triangle Cooperation program.