Lighthouses

In Tunisia, Turkiye and Morocco, TRANSFORMED has identified 4 lighthouses, e.g., areas already successfully restored using AFS in degraded land. TRANSFORMED will use these experiences to promote the adoption of AFS into 11 new areas, i.e., wind eroded, salty and degraded areas.

TRANSFORMED will promote and scale up 15 different species in AFS: cedar (Cedrus libani), almond (Prunus dulci), acacia (Robinia sp.) and maple (Acer platanoides) in wind prone erosion areas, and trees producing high added products, e.g., carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.), argan (Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels), cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica L. Mill.), rosehip (Rosa canina L.), caper (Capparis spinosa L.), sulla (Hedysarum spp) and medicinal plants such as rosemary, lavender or thyme in highly degraded areas and halophytes (such as Atriplex halimus, Salsola vermiculata, Traganum nudatum, Salicornia spp and Atriplex mollis where there is also risk of hydromorphy) in salty areas. The 11 new areas to be restored are selected to maximize the impact of the restoration action.