700’000 heures Impact: Pioneering Regenerative Hospitality

Regenopolis helps businesses, communities and cities design regenerative models that heal landscapes, empower indigenous people and deliver strong financial returns.

Regenopolis, commissioned by the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org initiative, conducted a strategic assessment to develop commercially viable pathways for land restoration in the Sahel. This project aimed to enhance tree-based agricultural value chains, supporting the African Union’s Great Green Wall initiative in ecological restoration, climate resilience, and local development. 

Challenge

Regenopolis, commissioned by the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org initiative, conducted a strategic assessment to develop commercially viable pathways for land restoration in the Sahel. This project aimed to enhance tree-based agricultural value chains, supporting the African Union’s Great Green Wall initiative in ecological restoration, climate resilience, and local development. 

Regenopolis helps businesses, communities and cities design regenerative models that heal landscapes, empower indigenous people and deliver strong financial returns.

How Regenopolis helped

Approach

Led by the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org platform and in collaboration with Archipel&Co, Regenopolis played a central role in this strategic assessment. Our involvement included several key activities:

  • Mapping and prioritization of 20 tree crop value chains, focusing on 9 with the highest environmental, social, and market potential.
  • In-depth analysis of four flagship value chains: baobab, balanites, moringa, and shea.
  • Identification of barriers and levers to scaling, including regulatory, financial, technical, and ecosystem-wide factors.
  • Development of recommendations for multistakeholder partnerships, investment strategies, branding, and carbon finance.
  • Engagement with over 100 stakeholders, including SMEs, off-takers, research institutions, development finance institutions (DFIs), and government agencies. 
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Our partners

well being economy alliance
chapter zero france
regenerative hospitality collective
regenesis institute
imagine leaders
world economic forum of young global leaders

Our impact

The project resulted in significant outputs and outcomes

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Regeneration underway in three countries

with more than 10 active local initiatives per site.

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Significan socio-environmental impact for small-scale projects

over 1,000 hectares under sustainable management, 240 people with additional revenues, more than 460 people trained (80% women), over 15,000 kg of organic waste composted, 21,000 kg of products transformed, and 300,000+ USD in sales from bio-businesses.

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Creation of income-generating activities linked to local bio-economy

women-led farming, weaving, carpentry, and hospitality cooperatives (Morocco), paper, cocoa, honey, agrofrestry as well as air e-DNA and a biodiversity corridor (Peru), coffee, vanilla, pottery (Mexico).

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Educational programs

and daycare benefiting > 150 children

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Tangible ecosystem impacts

land restoration, assisted natural regeneration, biodiversity corridors, and sustainable value chains (coffee, vanilla, honey, cacao, paper).

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