Policy implication in Madagascar, Ethiopia and Togo
Land degradation impacts over 3.2 billion people globally. Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) aims to restore ecosystems and improve human well-being but faces challenges, especially regarding property rights and governance. Global initiatives, such as the Bonn Challenge and AFR100, aim to restore millions of hectares of degraded land by 2030. Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Togo have committed to specific restoration targets. This policy brief focuses on how land tenure systems in these countries affect FLR implementation and highlights best practices for improving restoration efforts.
Key messages
- Tenure and land governance models are decisive factors of FLR success.
- Tenure arrangements and who benefits from FLR must be well-defined prior to implementation. Different approaches exist from individual land tenure to communal.
- Significant gaps in communal land use policies still exist and need to be addressed.
- There is a lack of inter-sectoral cooperation between land and forestry authorities, creating need to improve coordination and transparency between sectors and stakeholders.
