In order to stop land degradation in Burkina Faso, the country commits to reaching land degradation neutrality by 2030 by restoring 5 million hectares of degraded lands and by preventing degradation of non-degraded lands.

More specifically, the...

Variation in land cover area:
• Reverse the conversion of forests to cultivated land through agricultural intensification (improvement of farming techniques and methods) (600 km2 by 2027 and 700 km2 by 2030).
• Reverse the conversion of forests to...

Benin's priority is to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030 through the restoration of at least 50% (1.25 million ha) of land degraded during the reference period 2000-2010, and limit to 5% the loss of non-degraded lands (forests and savannas)...

At national level:
• LDN is achieved with reference to 2015 (no net loss) and an additional 10% of the territory is improved (net gain),

At municipal level:
• LDN is reached in at least 90% of municipalities within priority areas to combat land...

Goal 1: Integrated management around dam watersheds:
• By 2030, integrated management will be implemented around 48 watersheds linked to hydraulic structures and spreading over 1,5 million hectares.

Goal 2: National Reforestation Plan:
• By 2025...

• Reduction of severe land degradation by around 50% (UNCCD reporting process compared to the 2015 reference year) for current agricultural land;
• Restoration of 50% of ecosystems currently degraded by irregular land use practices;
• Increase the...

• By 2030 establish 200,000 hectares of native forest under forest restoration process.
• By 2030 reduce the loss of native forest in order to maintain the area covered with forests included in conservation categories I and II of the Forest Act...

• By 2030, increase forest cover by 262,361 hectares (0.53 per cent);
• By 2030, reduce by 50% the incidence of forest fires throughout the country;
• By 2030, 100,000 hectares of cultivated agricultural per year are recovered and maintained.
• By...