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In partnership with MetaMeta, Justdiggit is spearheading transformative initiatives to revitalize local rural economies in the Amhara (Gubalafto) and Oromia (Middle Awash) regions of Ethiopia. Their holistic approach involves restoring degraded landscapes, implementing regenerative agriculture practices, and promoting awareness of untapped rural livelihood opportunities. By empowering communities with the knowledge and tools to enhance their income, Justdiggit is catalyzing sustainable development in these regions. Recognizing the unique challenges posed by differing geology, soil, climate, and agricultural practices in each region, Justdiggit tailors its interventions accordingly. Through a diverse range of activities such as training sessions on biofertilizer production, establishment of youth-led tree nurseries, and support for government-led restoration campaigns, Justdiggit is driving positive change on the ground. Drawing upon its expertise in media, communication, and behavior change, Justdiggit amplifies the impact of landscape restoration efforts. With a proven track record in developing effective communication strategies and a vast global network of media partners, Justdiggit collaborates closely with MetaMeta to enhance project outcomes. For example, they have developed informative materials, including flyers for smallholder farmers, to disseminate knowledge on biofertilizer production, ultimately improving soil fertility and crop yields. By harnessing the power of media and communication, Justdiggit aims to accelerate the transition towards sustainable rural economies in Ethiopia. Through their innovative approach, they are paving the way for lasting environmental and socio-economic benefits in the Amhara and Oromia regions, benefiting both present and future generations. https://justdiggit.org/work/gubalafto-and-middle-awash-ethiopia/
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It may sound counterintuitive, but sometimes the best way to rejuvenate land is by allowing nature to work its magic, free from human intervention. Grazing management is a powerful technique that gives the earth a much-needed break, letting it recover naturally. Here's how it all comes together. Unpacking the Impact of Overgrazing Overgrazing is a significant contributor to land degradation. It occurs when wildlife or livestock consume pastures excessively, leaving little time for the vegetation to bounce back. The repercussions of overgrazing are evident in various regions where we operate, including our project site in Olgulului – Ololarashi (OOGR) in Kenya. Here, the Maasai pastoralists' livestock have significantly depleted the vegetation, even devouring the plant roots, making it difficult for nature to regenerate. This has resulted in the disappearance of trees, shrubs, and grass species, leading to severe erosion within the area. Overgrazing has also triggered additional challenges, such as reduced food supply for cattle and heightened competition between wildlife and humans for water and food resources. The Solution: Grazing Management Thankfully, there's a solution to rehabilitate these rangelands: grazing management. By strategically restricting livestock from grazing in the most vulnerable areas, we provide nature with the time it needs to recover. In our projects, we impart knowledge about the benefits and techniques of livestock and grazing management, always involving the Maasai communities in the process. The Olopololi Technique But how do the Maasai pastoralists identify the designated grazing areas? Enter the olopololi plots! This traditional Maasai grazing management method, reintroduced to the region through our collaboration with partners ACC and AET, marks specific communal land areas where grazing is permitted only during specific periods. These periods could coincide with the end of the dry season when other grazing options are limited or be limited to certain animals, such as calves. To communicate these designated grazing areas, we employ landmarks and conduct awareness campaigns, ensuring that local communities are well-informed about the grazing rules. Grazing committees, comprising 130 community members, are trained to oversee the sustainable management of grasslands. They diligently monitor the plots, allowing the grass to rejuvenate and the land to heal naturally. https://justdiggit.org/news/grazing-management-is-essential-for-regreening/#
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I hope that more communities and organizations will adopt grazing management as a way to revive degraded land and build a more sustainable future.
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This is amazing and will definitely work
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This is a good idea but farmers would need to practice this too to avoid overgrazing.
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At Justdiggit, we regreen degraded landscapes to address interrelated issues like climate change, global warming, and desertification. This has massive benefits for nature and the livelihoods of thousands of people. However, there is another major beneficiary of regreening: wildlife. Reason enough to zoom in on our experience of the relationship between wildlife and land restoration in our project areas in Kenya! We'll use the lion – a majestic creature essential within ecosystems for its natural and spiritual value – as an example here. To understand the relationship between landscape restoration and wildlife, we need to see the project areas as ecosystems where elements like trees, livestock, people, wildlife and wider biodiversity coexist. Because of the aforementioned issues like climate change and other factors, the relationship between these elements is at risk A striking example is the increasing contact between wildlife and Masaai communities. As natural prey is in decline, it's becoming more and more common that lions feed themselves – against their natural inclination – on livestock. This is a problem, as the semi-nomadic Maasai depend on fertile land and healthy livestock. Luckily, there's a real and relatively simple solution to this: land restoration and sustainably managed landscapes. Using interventions such as rainwater harvesting and careful grazing management, we can improve circumstances for people, livestock, and wildlife. "In a way, it's simple," explains Lana, our program manager in Kenya. The night before our discussion of this topic, a group of lions kept her awake by circling her tent in one of the project areas. "When you bring back grasses, you bring back herbivore wildlife. When herbivore wildlife comes back, this means carnivore wildlife will come back. The lion is the ultimate example of this." This tells us that every species has a role to play. Without grasses, livestock and herbivores suffer, and without herbivores, there are no carnivores. The return of vegetation doesn't just improve the habitat for livestock keepers and crop farmers, but also ensures a healthy ecosystem for wildlife, which enables people and wildlife to coexist in a more beneficial and wholesome way.
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I always commend the great work you are doing to our East Africa and beyond, actually it's very evident. And I learned a lot when we visited your office once. Simply you have explained that we need to bring the ecosystem back and by doing so we will be able to coexist. Keep up the good work. Personally I am proud of you and I know many are proud of your programs especially farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.
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This harmonious relationship between land restoration and biodiversity reminds us of the intricate connections within ecosystems. Keep up the fantastic work in creating a better world for both people and nature!
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@dickson_mutai Thank you for these heartwarming words Dickson. It is an honour to do this work and work for and enhance these intricate relationships you are talking about to benefit people, wildlife and biodiversity!
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Did you know that the shade from trees is cooler than the shade from a parasol? It's true! Although we often overlook its importance, shade plays a fundamental role in regreening areas, and at Justdiggit we rely heavily on nature-based aspects of our work like shade. Shade is involved in complex processes between vegetation, water and climate, making it a crucial factor to consider carefully if we want to regreen and cool down as effectively as possible. Shade is central to our work of turning degraded landscapes into thriving, healthy ecosystems because it helps increase water availability and cools down the micro-climate, two elements of our work that are essential in achieving our goals. So, how does shade do this? To achieve this, we need to increase the availability of water that enables vegetation to grow. We do this by bringing back vegetation through rainwater harvesting techniques, and regenerating millions of trees through Treecovery. Shade is one of our greatest allies in this process as it helps keep water in the soil after capturing it. Shade also reduces the evaporation of water from both soil and vegetation, thus creating a cooler micro-climate. This results in new vegetation suffering from less heat stress, making it easier for them to thrive. In turn, this leads to more shade and an expansion of the cool area, which benefits more vegetation. In short, shade increases water availability, which means more green, which means a cooler area, which leads to a positive effect on the climate, benefiting nature, people, and biodiversity. We like to present the different types of impact we make with various regreening techniques. While the technical work that goes behind this impact is often overlooked and less visible, it is essential. Shade is a good example of such a technical aspect. The way it influences the regreening process is significant, but precise and far-reaching. In this short article, we have demonstrated the importance of shade, but there are many other examples. As we stress the beauty of turning degraded landscapes into greener and cooler ecosystems, we hope you agree with us on the beauty of the detail in our work as well!
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Grass seed banks are small parts of communal land that are used for the production of grasses and grass seeds. The grass seed banks are managed and maintained by Maasai women groups. Once the grasses are fully grown, they produce grass seeds which are sold by the women on local markets or to other regreening projects. The aim of the seed banks is to improve economic opportunities for local communities while restoring degraded landscapes. Besides an extra income for the women and more green in the dry areas, it helps to maintain indigenous rangeland grasses which are often neglected and underdeveloped in terms of market and conservation. BENEFITS OF GRASS SEED BANKS 1: For the women - Selling the grasses and the grass seeds harvested from the grass seed banks generates a source of income for the women who are managing the grass seed banks serving as an alternative livelihood helping the women to pay for school fees, health care and support their families. 2: On the environment - The grasses grown in the grass seed banks attract insects and other small animals which stimulates the recovery of the ecosystem and supports vegetation in the surrounding to start to grow as well. https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/grass-seed-banks/
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Amazing to see this post get so much climate LOVE! In addition, the comments are inspiring and motivate us to keep going. Thanks to the initiator, and the many others who engaged or felt connected to this post!
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The initiative to empower women and restore vegetation through a grass seed bank is a wonderful example of sustainable development. By promoting the use of local grass species, the project not only helps restore green areas but also empowers women by providing them with opportunities for entrepreneurship and financial independence. Grass seed banks not only contribute to environmental conservation but can also have social and economic benefits for communities. It is heartening to see initiatives that promote both environmental and social well-being, and this project serves as an inspiration for others striving to make a positive impact on our planet.
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Women are increasingly taking on stronger and leading roles in community seed systems and small seed enterprises.
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This will indeed provide a steady income source
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Regreening is done together - over the past year, we've welcomed 100 additional female #entrepreneurs to our grass seed bank projects. This brings the total to 272 women who are now running their own sustainable businesses! 💪🌾 Once these seed banks are established, the women can generate income for themselves and their families by selling the seeds and grass cuttings. Not only does this create a green and cool local environment, but supports other rangeland restoration projects by supplying them with native, hardy grass seed. In Kenya we run grass seed banks together with our local partner Maasai Wilderness and Conservation Trust. In Tanzania, we do this with LEAD Foundation. Want to learn more about our grass seed banks projects? See our website: https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/grass-seed-banks/
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I always admire your work. You are truly inspirational. Like today I attended one of the Kenya government events going on in the coastal side of Kenya hosted by Kippra as they are celebrating their 6th regional annual conference. And one of your panelists representing @Justdiggit enlightened majority attending the event with rich information and sustainable ways and solutions that East Africa needs and even beyond.
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Amazing! 💚 What an impactful way to link climate action, gender equity through empowerment, and landscape restoration 🌍 what's the next step for Justdiggit?
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It is a great step taken..I like it
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Today we are proud to share the recent regreening success of the women entrepreneurs working on the grass seed bank in Moilo, Kenya. In February this year, these women embarked on a journey to restore the bare patches of the grass seed bank with a combination of bund digging, tilling and sowing. By cracking open the degraded ground and shaping it to collect the precious rainwater, this once desolate area is now flourishing with native grasses. This once desolate area is now blossoming into a vibrant #green paradise, supporting the women who nurture its rebirth. Soon, grass seeds and hay can be harvested from this land, bringing the women an independent source of income while restoring the area. 🌱💪
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Such fantastic results! Would love to see some pictures of these amazing women 😍
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Powerful;! Great transformation
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We've hit a milestone of digging 315,000 bunds! Thanks to our partnership with Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, LEAD Foundation and thousands of diggers, we're making a big impact in #regreening large areas in Kenya and Tanzania. We use various landscape restoration techniques, including digging bunds, to help nature recover and bring back vegetation in degraded areas. Research by The Nature Conservancy shows that nature-based solutions contribute 37% towards reversing global warming. With our 315,000 bunds, we can restore millions of square meters of land to its former green glory. While we are excited about these achievements, we acknowledge the enormous task ahead of us. To demonstrate this, we invite you to explore one of our project areas through this link: https://justdiggit.org/satellite-view-bunds/. Our goal is to expand and replicate these efforts in many more places. Are you digging in with us to realize this in the future?
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Awseome!You guys have made it possible to envision revitalization of nature through simple yet impactful regenerative practices in just a short period of time.Keep up with the same spirit.
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Wonderfull
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We have some exciting news to share! Our #treecovery program, carried out in partnership with LEAD Foundation, has officially brought back nearly 14 million trees in Central Tanzania - a 33% increase from the previous year. By collaborating with local farmers, and transforming small bushes and saplings into thriving, full-grown trees, we've seen the incredible power of #regreening in action. This achievement is a testament to the impact we can make when we work together to cool down the planet. We're proud of what we've accomplished so far, but we know there's still so much more to do. That's why we're inviting you to dig in with us and work together to create a greener, and cooler future! 🌳
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Amazing work
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Keep accelerating this noble cause.
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A commendable task, keep up.
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https://justdiggit.org/work/kenya-kuku/ By digging over 150,000 water bunds, we have managed to bring back vegetation in the Kuku Group Ranch, creating environmental benefits and making the land useful again for the community. Water bunds are semi-circular holes dug to open up the hard top layer of the soil. The bunds slow down and capture rainwater running downhills, preventing erosion of fertile soil. The water balance in the soil restores, increasing the water availability for the seeds still present in the soil. These seeds now get the chance to sprout, which means: regreening! The Kuku Group Ranch is located in the south of Kenya and acts as a critical wildlife corridor between Amboseli National Park and Tsavo National Park. The group ranch is home to around 29,000 Maasai people who mostly depend on the land as main source of income and food. Due to overgrazing and the changing climate, the area has become very dry, making it hard for the local communities to live from the land. Together with the local Maasai community and our local partner, the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT), we started to restore this degraded land. By digging rainwater harvesting bunds and setting up grass seed banks, we are regreening 1077 ha in the area. Until now the Maasai community has dug 150,048 water bunds and set up 5 grass seed banks, which are managed by five different women groups.
Regreening work in Kuku, Kenya | Projects | Justdiggit
By digging 150,000+ bunds we brought back vegetation in Kuku, creating lots of benefits. Learn about this landscape restoration project!
https://justdiggit.org/work/kenya-kuku/
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Excellent work
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Go deeper, this is a noble task.
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Just dig it ✅
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Recently, our project areas experienced a much-needed relief in the form of rain. After a prolonged and severe drought that persisted throughout 2022, the rainy season finally arrived. The first showers arrived at one of our newest bund plots in Rombo, Kenya. This plot contains 48,100 new earthsmiles, with the ultimate goal of regreening over 61 hectares of land, which is equivalent to over 85 soccer fields. In our upcoming article, we will discuss the significance of shade in our project areas. Although it is often disregarded, shade plays a crucial role in reducing evaporation, thereby increasing water availability in the soil. It is important to note that vegetation is responsible for providing shade. The growth of vegetation, in turn, is reliant on the collection of rainwater, which trickles into the ground. Therefore, we highly value the rainy seasons as they are essential to our project's success.
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@Justdiggit is doing amazing work in this side of Africa. Continue!
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Water is life💚
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Happy for us to receive rain, hope we can do harvest and store water.
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In our last article, we talked about how important our local projects are for dealing with climate change around the world. These projects do a lot of good in the local areas, but they also have a big impact on the environment as a whole. Now, let's get into some numbers! We only have 10 years to keep the Earth from getting too hot, and scientists say we need to keep the temperature from going up more than 2 degrees Celsius. But don't worry, there's some good news too! By using nature-based solutions like ours, we could reduce global warming by 37% without spending too much money. So let's stop talking and start digging! We need to get to work if we're going to make a real difference. DIG IN! https://justdiggit.org/dig-in/
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In a recent article for the European Climate Change review, Stuart Taylor, our UK country director, discussed the potential impact of local environmental efforts in Africa on the fight against climate change. Building on this topic, we want to explore with you the importance of our local work in face of global warming and climate change. Narrowing down on our operations in this post, Stuart explains that the essence of his article is tackling a tendency with some individuals and organizations to prefer taking climate action in the U.K. instead of Africa. While taking action against climate change is crucial everywhere, the continent of Africa presents unique opportunities. At Justdiggit, we have a global mission as we strive to cool down the planet. With such a planetary vision, we fall in line with countless other organizations like We Don’t Have Time, and many others beyond this platform that recognize global warming as a major threat. However, our approach is deeply rooted in local, personal impact. We directly witness the potential of working in Africa. A livable planet is impossible without functioning ecosystems and balanced biodiversity. The impact we make is ultimately achieved through the collective efforts of countless individuals in villages and communities throughout countries like Kenya and Tanzania. We provide these communities with jobs, financial stability, educational opportunities, and a healthier environment. This local, personal impact is happening within the broader context of global warming. The dynamic relationship between local and global impact is fascinating, far-reaching, and complex. The potential that lies in restoring Africa is becoming increasingly apparent and recognized. In articles and posts to follow on this platform we will dive deeper into different aspect of our work to illustrate not only the impact we make, but also the different considerations that go into our work at Justdiggit. Read the full article here: https://climatechangereview.co.uk/global-partnerships-are-key-to-green-revolution/
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Green is the way forward to a sustainable future
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Very interesting and relevant!
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Your regreening efforts in Africa truly shine...and it is very encouraging. I commend your work. Keep it up.
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Look at these earth smiles dug in 2018 together with LEAD Foundation, a great result of what can be achieved if we dig in together. 💚 Bunds (or as we like to call them: 'earth smiles') are semi-circular shaped pits that capture rainwater. They are dug in our project areas in Africa in order to capture rainwater that will otherwise get washed away over the dry, barren soil. Learn more about bunds via: https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/water-bunds/
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We can restore the beauty of our environment with commitment
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Amazing
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This is clear evidence that with the right dedication restoration of our ecosystem is achievable
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While you may already be familiar with our water bunds and treecovery initiatives, these lesser-known methods have proven to be highly effective in their own right. Keep reading to learn more about the impressive impact of Fanya Juu & Fanya Chini. The technique Fanya Juu and Fanya Chini are rainwater harvesting techniques. Farmers dig trenches along the contours within their farmland to prevent erosion and to capture the valuable rainwater within their land. Fanya Chini means ‘throw it downwards’ in Swahili. It prevents the rain falling outside the farm from entering the farm, inhibiting erosion of fertile soil. Fanya Juu means ‘throw it upwards’, and prevents the rain falling within the farm to flood away, increasing the water availability for the crops on the land. If you like to hear one of our champions talk about this technique, dig into this video. Benefits Fanya Juu & Fanya Chini also enhances soil fertility and quality, leading to higher crop yields and improved food security. In addition, the cooled soil created by these techniques can have a positive effect on the local microclimate and contribute to climate change reversal. We encourage farmers to work together and implement these techniques on each other's land, as the construction of the necessary trenches requires a high level of technical skill and labor. For optimal results, we recommend spacing multiple fanya trenches at least 15 meters apart. Success story The picture shows one of three 120 meter long trenches a farmer from the Nkinku village in Tanzania dug, after she learned about this regreening technique from our champion farmers. Rainwater running downhill frequently washed away her crops. But with the trenches they can withstand the rainy season and grow strong. Want to learn more about Fanya Juu Fanya Chini? Make sure to visit our website.
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Awesome strategies!
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Nice, innovation.
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This is so innovative. Comendable job!
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2022... What a year it has been! We are looking back on a year full of newly regenerated trees and freshly dug bunds, new regreening projects, and much more. A big thanks to all of our wonderful partners and friends involved in helping us build a better future. We've had a great year with many milestones, but there is loads of work left when it comes to regreening our planet. Let's dig into 2023 and make the world a greener and cooler place together. https://youtu.be/2UNj7e_85-M
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Kudos to all the projects completed and more bright ideas to come.
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You have done a great job. No doubt 2023 you will do more.
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The endangered rangelands of the South Rift Valley in Kenya are of great economic, ecological and social importance. That’s why we’re thrilled to tell you we have started restoration activities in this region. It’s part of our new program with SORALO with the aim to sustain both pastoralists communities and wildlife through regreening! The restoration will take place in cooperation with SORALO (South Rift Association of Land Owners), a community-based land trust which comprises of 25 Maasai communities. SORALO was founded with the vision that by maintaining a healthy and connected landscape the plants, wildlife and people can thrive together! Threatened wildlife The South Rift is of great importance for threatened and endangered species, such as large mammals and birds. This area hosts more than 700 bird species, thousands of lions, and it connects cheetah populations across Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. The region further supports a growing elephant population that is close to 500 animals. Land degradation The productivity of the SORALO South Rift has been under threat in the recent decades due to various factors. These include climate change, frequent droughts and floods, land degradation, invasive species and loss of biodiversity. This has resulted in major threats to the integrity of these critical ecosystems that support millions of people who directly derive their livelihoods from the existing natural resources. Within Kenya’s rangelands, close to 70% of the human population is primarily or partly dependent on livestock. Traditional Maasai knowledge Luckily, there are solutions! We combine modern technology and data with traditional knowledge and accessible techniques. This resulted in building our intervention on traditional Maasai knowledge termed “Eramatare”. This pastoral resource management approach encompasses livestock keeping, wildlife conservation and human well-being. To implement this, the project will focus on four pathways of change: 1. Restoring rangeland productivity in valley floors 2. Controlling invasive species 3. Promoting communal land-use practices 4. Encouraging sustainable land-use practices To raise awareness about our new program and to inspire and activate different stakeholders in the South Rift Valley, we use the available media in this region. This is done via national and regional campaigns with the help of Justdiggits’ media-partners such as Havas Africa. Long term effects Of course regreening is the aim of our new project! Other anticipated outcomes include increased land under sustainable management, improved water settlement and flow, improved policy environment and increased land under sustainable community governance. The overall impact of the program is improved and resilient livelihoods, healthy rangelands, biodiversity and an improved and secured micro and meso climate.
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Thank you for your conservation efforts Justdiggit!
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We really appreciate what you are doing for our country. Thank you. Your contribution towards solving our problems is unmatched
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We should all do this it's wonderful, 👍
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These trees were cut down in 2018 to build a hospital in Bahi District, Tanzania. After the construction, new trees should provide shade and a resting place for visitors. But planting new trees is expensive and not always successful. Luckily, one of our District Commissioners is a true master in Treecovery. She taught the hospital staff how to regrow the cut down stumps, using this easy and low-cost restoration technique. Four years later, the trees are already 5 meters tall. Impressive, right? Learn more about Treecovery: https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/treecovery/
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Green is Beautiful.
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Beautiful.
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I like the way the place looks beautiful. Good job.
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It's so encouraging to see our project areas return to life. We dug these Earth Smiles in 2018, together with our partner LEAD Foundation and local farmers. After the rains in 2019, vegetation started growing. A few years later, the vegetation started spreading in the surrounding area, making it greener and more fertile 🌧️🌳 Want to learn more about our Earth Smiles? https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/water-bunds/
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Good work 💚
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Your hard work is rewarding.
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Fantastic progress 💚💚💚
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It is the peak of the dry season in our program area in Arusha, Tanzania. It hasn't rained for 7 months - but there's still plenty of vegetation in the 22,000 bunds we dug last year with our partner LEAD Foundation and local communities. We're waiting for the rains to arrive this month so the vegetation can spread and make large parts of the area green again. 🌧️ Want to learn more about our earthsmiles? https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/water-bunds/
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The bunds are the miracle we need to revive our ecosystem
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Hopeful! Atleast Kenya is raining,it's a matter of time they receive rainfall.
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Good!
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Great news from outer space! 🛰️ https://www.planet.com/pulse/seeing-african-restoration-from-space-planet-and-justdiggit-enable-nature-based-solutions-to-regreen-the-land/ Thanks to our collaboration with Planet Labs PBC, we can quantify the impact of our regreening projects through satellite images and data. "As our satellites pass over regions of Kenya and Tanzania, they are capturing a tremendous transformation happening on the ground. Land that has been dry and parched for years is now sprouting green grasses and young trees. Rainwater is reviving the land and supporting restored and thriving African native ecosystems."
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This photo is taken in Arusha, Tanzania, after a successful day of digging. The work takes hard labour, trust, patience and teamwork - but it will pay off; regreening degraded land provides more shade and biodiversity, thus more crops and income. Special shoutout to our partners on the ground: LEAD Foundation in Tanzania and Maasai Wilderness and Conservation Trust in Kenya. Want to learn more about our regreening work in Arusha? https://justdiggit.org/work/arusha-tanzania/
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Consistency is key in conservation efforts
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Awesome 👍 continue with same spirit
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You are our climate champions. Go on.
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At the Dragonfly's Den on the COP27 Climate Hub, November 10: Wessel van Eeden, Global communication and marketing director & Executive board member of Justdiggit pitched their solution of using a method where farmers can dig holes to restore forests. This is a method that earns the farmers money while restoring the climate, and Justdiggit is educating farmers on how it's done. Vote for Justdiggit by Agreeing to this post.
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Thanks team WDHT for having Wessel! Thanks for helping to spread the word about nature-based solutions. Let’s keep the conversation going 💪
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We need a moratorium on timber harvests. We need to treat wood as the valuable material it is! So much wood is wasted and forests needing thinning go uncared for because we haven’t found an immediate economical benefit to doing so.
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Such a great work!
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Go Wessel! 👏
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Digging versus no digging! No filter needed. In this picture, the positive impact of our bunds is clearly visible. Have you ever wondered why the area around our bunds is green? The bunds (aka earthsmiles) enable rain water to enter the ground more easily, thereby allowing existing seeds in and around the bunds to sprout. When the vegetation within the bund becomes overcrowded, it overgrows the bunds. This leads to even more green! 🤩 Want to learn more about our earthsmiles? https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/landscape-restoration/water-bunds/
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The contrast is so stark! Your work matters
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I wish the world could adapt your method coz it has been tested and proven to be effective...the picture actually speaks a thousand words
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In Tanzania, we mostly use Treecovery to bring trees back to life and regreen an area in this way. After the implementation of this regreening intervention, we predominantly stay in contact with local communities and spread awareness through different media channels. Examples are murals showing the different steps of Kisiki Hai, the SMS service via which farmers receive tips and tricks about regreening, and radio programs. In addition, the farmers receive extra training on how to keep their lands green and fertile. The regreening knowledge is spreading rapidly - from farmer to farmer and village to village. The spread of Treecovery knowledge has also been boosted by these informative murals with the four steps of Treecovery on 250 houses in the program villages of Tanzania! 🎨 Our goal is to inspire and mobilize millions of subsistence farmers and pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa to make dry land green again. Read more about our approach on making this change happen: https://justdiggit.org/what-we-do/communication/inspire-and-mobilize-farmers/
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This partnership is truly commendable.
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I really love the work that Justdiggit does!
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This is the way to go, landscape restoration and regenerative agriculture is going to create sustainable ways in agriculture hence food security. @Justdiggit are doing great in improving soul fertility.