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About Restore Africa Funds

Heal the land, heal the people. Restore Africa Funds are founded on two unwavering pillars; One being an ethos of natural restoration and the other a framework of financial governance best practices. The degradation of natural capital, globally but also in Africa, has become an issue of major concern. It is impacting negatively on water and food security and affecting biodiversity and sustainable development in general. The detrimental impacts of the degradation on the well-being of people and the cost of living is intensified through changes in climate, and the deepening social fragmentation and disillusionment; the entire society is increasingly more vulnerable and exposed to food and water security-related risks. Much can be done through the restoration of natural capital to mitigate, adapt and avoid these impacts. Conventionally, restoration has been viewed as a cost or expenditure item only. A recent study, however, has shown that it is possible to consider restoration as an investment. This opportunity, while covering a broad spectrum of possible restorative interventions, is most notably also applicable to investments in conservation and regenerative agriculture. This is agriculture that makes use of concepts like minimum soil disturbance, crop rotation, cover crops and the introduction of herbivores (e.g. cattle and sheep) into the crop production system where appropriate and applicable. This allows for the healing of the land over time, increased biodiversity (also the diversity and robustness of the soils), improved water infiltration, much reduced erosion and thus the sustained and enhanced productive capacity of the land. This healing of the land has a major beneficial impact on the wellbeing and livelihoods of people, contributing to the healing of people.

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