In Africa, deforestation and forest degradation are highest in open forests and woodland formations where land pressure is continuously increasing, poverty is endemic, livelihoods are few, and the effects of climate change are severe and are expected to become worse. In addition, land and forest tenure and access rights to forest resources and forest formations are not clearly defined or non-existent for many communities. The restoration of degraded forests and forest resources as well as forest formations could therefore contribute both to people's livelihoods and to the quality of the environment. An assessment was carried out in some East African (EA) countries in order to document local experiences in the restoration of degraded forests and forest resources as well as areas of forest formations. The specific objectives of this study are to:

• evaluate the methods and experiences developed and used by peasants and other actors to rehabilitate land and forests and degraded forest resources in forest formations and savannas in AE;
• identify and describe the most successful technologies and practices in the rehabilitation of degraded land and forests and forest resources in AE as well as the conditions for their success;
• determine the extent to which proven technologies and practices and their prerequisites can be replicated at the scale of forest formations and savannas of AE.