Role of communities in driving Africa's nature-based solutions

A farmer on his organic farm in Murang'a. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

"A family is like a forest: If you are outside, it is dense, if you are inside, you see that each tree has its place." This is a great African proverb from which we can learn the power of the collective towards catalysing large-scale restoration and protecting nature.

And the time for action is now as the world begins to realise our reliance on nature as the foundation for our societies and economies. Biodiversity loss and climate change are humanity's greatest collective threats.