For over 40 years, AKDN’s development agenda has incorporated the preservation of natural resources.  These activities have taken many forms, from the return to productive use of degraded lands in Asia and Africa, tree-planting initiatives that have planted over 130 million trees, more efficient stoves that cut fuelwood consumption in half, and climate adaptation measures that range from hardier crops to rain-water harvesting systems that allow families to save enough water to carry them through the dry season.