The tree-growing movement restoring Africa's vital landscapes | Wanjira Mathai

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🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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2023 Audacious Project grantee Wanjira Mathai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. Through the forest restoration initiative Restore Local, she's working to help both Africa's people and its landscapes flourish. Learn more about how her team invests in local restoration projects across the continent -- including a tree-growing movement that aims to revitalize 100 million hectares of African land by 2030. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:13.9	Juan Jira Mavai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet.
0:18.1	In her talk from Ted 2023, she shares her vision for scaling the restoration of the African
0:22.9	continent through her work on the audacious project Grantee, Restore Local, after the
0:28.4	story.
0:31.5	I would love to introduce you to three remarkable women I know.
0:37.6	Meet Jane Maigua, Charity Wangui and Lois Maina.
0:44.7	Now these three women are restoration champions.
0:48.2	They started a company six years ago in my hometown of Nairobi, purchasing macadamia
0:55.3	and ads from farmers processing them and selling them around the world.
1:01.7	Today exotic EPZ is in partnership with 9,000 farmers across the country.
1:08.8	Imagine for a minute the tree-growing movement these women could catalyze across Kenya.
1:15.8	Now here's another group of women that I absolutely adore.
1:20.0	These are the women of Maragua.
1:23.9	These women are discovering the wonders of Bamboo.
1:30.2	They are planting Bamboo and sharing across their communities.
1:37.1	They're using Bamboo for entrepreneurship.
1:40.0	They're using Bamboo for restoration and they're using it for firewood.
1:47.4	Now these restoration champions have something in common.
1:52.8	They are using nature to reduce poverty, accelerate the re-greening of Africa and secure livelihoods.
2:05.3	Now this is part of the AFR100 movement and Africa-wide initiative to restore 100 million
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