The programme

Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) supports research and action to help people and nature thrive together.

REDAA grants fund research-to-action initiatives that are locally led, interdisciplinary, and focused on solutions for ecosystem restoration and climate resilience, enabling people and nature to thrive. Projects can be focused on improving evidence, using new tools or strengthening governance systems to support actions that are nature positive, strengthen local livelihoods and tackle the impacts of climate change.

The programme is an exciting opportunity to improve how nature is nurtured, accessed, and used to effectively and equitably restore ecosystems and reverse environmental degradation. 

Through what it supports and the learning it shares and communicates, the programme will help policymakers, practitioners and people in business to have a better understanding of natural landscapes, prioritise more ambitious sustainable strategies and allocate the right financial and human resources to take action. 

REDAA runs until 2029.

• How to apply for a grant
• Who we are 
• REDAA in action
  •  Supported initiatives
  •  The Nature Facility
  •  Collaborations

Scoping studies

Prior to launching, REDAA co-developed several scoping studies that contributed to shaping the programme strategy and grant calls, identifying research-to-action gaps, challenges and opportunities to help both people and nature thrive.

Demonstrator projects

Funding from the REDAA programme is also supporting innovation and exploration. It has given a range of organisations the opportunity to put great ideas for restoring nature and helping people to thrive into practice through the demonstrator projects.

• Supporting improved agro-ecology through organic fertiliser and biopesticide production in Togo
• Delivering ecosystem restoration, food security and improved livelihoods through green value chains in Ghana
• Co$tingNature – creating an accessible platform for a natural capital and ecosystem services valuation tool
• Identifying digital technologies for reversing environmental degradation

Complementary programmes

REDAA complements a number of current international research and funding initiatives in the United Kingdom, including:

• The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC)
  The GCBC is a UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme that funds research into natural solutions to climate change and poverty. By working in partnership with scientists, academics, and research institutions in the Global South, the programme seeks to develop scalable approaches to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity that delivers climate solutions and improves livelihoods. The GCBC is funded by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and managed in partnership with DAI Global and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew).
• Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE)
  CLARE is a Canada-UK partnership to enable socially inclusive and sustainable action to build resilience to climate change and natural hazards for people across the Global South. Co-funded and designed by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), CLARE enables socially inclusive and sustainable action to build resilience and reduce vulnerability to risks from climate change and natural hazards for the most vulnerable. 
• Equitable nature-based climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
  This joint UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and UK FCDO transdisciplinary research programme aims to enhance understanding of the scalability and contextualisation of Nature-based Solutions in sub-Saharan Africa