Tree Aid's work in Mali

Mali

Two-thirds of Mali, a large country in West Africa, is desert. In the south of Mali where we work, most people rely on farmland for food and income. But climate change is making farming unpredictable and life tough. As a result, over a third of the population are living in extreme poverty.

We have been working with communities to tackle this since 1993.

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hectares of tree cover lost between 2001 and 2023

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percent of Mali's population experience poverty

(UNDP 2023)
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people facing food insecurity

(UN World Food Programme, 2023)

Our projects

In 2023-24, our projects across Mali saw a range of positive impacts. We supported nearly 40,000 people to grow almost 350,000 trees. Over 9,500 hectares of land were brought under sustainable management, and over 11,000 hectares were restored, helping to improve soil fertility, grow incomes, and build resilience to the effects of the climate crisis.

Find out more about our projects, past and present, in Mali.

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Local Governance of Forest Resources

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Growing the Great Green Wall

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Growing the Olympic Forest

In progress

Empowering women in rural Mali

Completed

Promoting forest governance in Segou

Completed

She Grows: working with 1,000 women

Completed

Restoring Koulikoro

A women in Koulikoro smiling in front of trees.

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Regreening Koulikoro

Our impact in Mali in 2017-22

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people supported
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trees grown
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new hectares protected

The Great Green Wall

Tree Aid is working with communities across Africa to grow trees and restore land in support of the Great Green Wall movement. This African-led initiative envisages an 8,000km mosaic of restored land across the Sahel that will transform the lives of millions living on the frontline of the climate crisis.