Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR)

FMNR starts with a simple idea. Many degraded landscapes still hold living root systems beneath the surface. When farmers learn to select, prune and protect these shoots, trees can regrow naturally. Soil health improves, moisture returns and shade and biodiversity come back.

When trees return, hope returns. The land becomes alive again, and so do the families who depend on it. Crops grow stronger, animals find shade and parents can look ahead with confidence instead of fear. Children eat better, play in safer environments and grow up watching their communities flourish. This is the quiet kind of transformation that FMNR brings, one tree, one family, one future at a time.

FMNR was pioneered and championed by World Vision Australia’s Principal Climate Action Advisor, Tony Rinaudo, who was awarded the Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Environmental Peace for his land restoration work.

World Vision has supported FMNR for more than twenty years across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. This community first approach can scale as local leaders and partners adopt and spread it. Your choice to drink Change Coffee helps support these efforts so more communities can restore their environments and build brighter futures for their children.