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[ [link removed] ]Farmers work among baobab trees in a kitchen garden in the Zinder
region of Niger. SVEN TORFINN/PANOS PICTURES

John,

It’s the miracle regeneration story the world barely noticed.

Over the past four decades, farmers in Niger have quietly grown 200
MILLION trees. They’ve restored ancient forests across millions of acres
of dusty, drought-prone landscape while massively boosting their crop
yields. And all without planting a single sapling!

Now farmers in other African countries want to repeat the miracle – and we
can help.

Niger’s heroes triggered this extraordinary regeneration by reviving a
traditional farming technique where tree stumps are left to sprout new
growth and crops planted around them. If others follow, we could see
millions upon millions more acres revived to lush forest – but first they
need to know about it.

Groups like the Forum for Natural Regeneration in northern Ghana are
working hard to get the word out. But they’re a tiny team. If we all chip
in we can supercharge their efforts, helping fund a massive outreach
effort to local communities, as well as training and mentoring for
farmers.

With your help we could see the rebirth of millions more trees – and help
spread this simple but game-changing technique globally. Are you in?



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Niger, the world’s least developed country, was once covered in trees. But
colonialism ruined that – pushing farmers to hack out tree stumps and
create neat lines for crops, starting a vicious cycle of deforestation
that led to near-barren soil.

But when a farmer in the 80s came home too late to dig out his tree roots
before the rainy season, he found his crops did much better – helped by
the fertilisation of falling leaves, and protected from the wind. Word
spread from farmer to farmer, and a new movement was born.

With your support, we can keep the word spreading – taking it to farmers
across Ghana, which has lost 20% of its tree cover in the past 20 years,
and beyond. The more communities that get involved, the more famous this
will become, changing the outlook for forests and farming communities,
improving livelihoods, and fighting climate change.

A group of Senegalese farmers recently visited Niger to learn about the
approach – when they returned home they restored 150,000 acres of
woodlands. Just think how much more could be done.

Can you chip in today?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Olivia and the SumOfUs team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]The great African regreening: millions of 'magical' new trees bring
renewal
The Guardian. 16 August 2018.
 
[ [link removed] ]How farmers in Earth's least developed country grew 200 million trees
National Geographic. 27 April 2022.

 

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