This event, which will take place on Monday 12 October at 14:30-15:30 CET, will highlight the progress made on the FAO-led Task Force on Monitoring established in support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration building momentum toward a science-based global restoration movement, with actions on the ground monitored and informed by the best available biophysical and socio-economic information.

Further, the session will hear highlights from restoration partners such as that of the Global Restoration Observatory (GRO) co-led by World Resources Institute and Climate Focus. The observatory will reflect on progress made to establish a global standard protocol for restoration monitoring and efforts made to monitor restoration using geospatial tools in the lower Mekong.

The session will also hear from partners from ETH Zurich’s Crowther Lab on their efforts to launch a new decision support tool based on scientific and ecological data for scaling the restoration actions as well as IUCN on the Restoration Barometer in support of identifying, assessing and tracking actions on global restoration commitments. Finally, ongoing work by FAO and partners on socio-economic elements for restoration planning and actions will be presented to highlight the importance of socio-economic data.