FAO at the front line in enhancing ecosystem restoration monitoring

Recent government commitments to restore degraded landscapes, such as those under the Bonn Challenge and relevant regional initiatives, total close to 1 billion hectares of land and span 115 countries. This ambition has been further buoyed by the announcement of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, 2021-2030. This decade is already seeing unprecedented efforts to scale up restoration interventions to combat the climate and biodiversity crises and at the same time enhance food and water security. FAO is one of the leading implementing organizations of the Decade, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

To enhance restoration outcomes and assist stakeholders to meet ambitious restoration commitments, FAO in collaboration with other partners provide support to countries and stakeholders to plan, monitor, and track restoration efforts, extent, and impact. Building on its existing forest, land, and water monitoring platforms and experience, FAO is leveraging existing and developing new technical solutions for restoration planning and monitoring.