The Regreening Africa project is restoring 1 million hectares in Mali, Niger, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia and Somalia, with funding from the European Union. The project recently developed a Regreening Africa App for use on mobile phones. Betty Rabar explains its uses and the enthusiastic reception from development workers, in the European Union’s international development and cooperation site.

The App is currently available across eight countries in Africa with a scope for expansion to other countries in the region, including countries within the Great Green Wall initiative that covers a wider geographical scope. The App fills a critical gap by providing evidence on where restoration is happening, especially through tree planting and FMNR, the methods used and who are the beneficiaries. It can help to locate where exotic tree species are replacing indigenous species and allows actors to take the necessary action based on evidence. This level of detail is difficult to attain through other methods such as remote sensing.

See The Regreening Africa App User Guidelines(English) - The Regreening Africa App User Guidelines English version Explains steps and modules contained on the Regreening Africa App.

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