The momentum of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) across Africa is increasing with the active involvement of 28 countries in the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative. Like other existing environmental mechanisms well-grounded conceptually, the risk of falling short on intended outcomes in line with FLR’ ambitious promises are high and avoiding such scenario from the early…
The recent UN General Assembly Resolution for the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration (73/284) is one of a number of resolutions from a variety of conventions and multilateral environmental agreements (e.g. the Convention of Biological Diversity) highlighting the potential for marine ecosystem restoration to bring about the transformative change required. Furthermore, marine ecosystem restoration has…
Some countries are seeking to achieve their Bonn Challenge goals and implement their forest landscape restoration commitments. Monitoring the evolution towards the pledged goals is fundamental to ensure the success of these commitments. The Integrated Restoration System – or SIR, the Portuguese acronym, is a web-system with a spatial database that allows and facilitates the…
Recent worldwide commitments, such as the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests, have placed Forest and Landscape Restoration on the agenda of countries worldwide as a means to attain sustainable development goals and mitigate climate change. Given these social and ecological goals, FLR programs should incorporate ecological, social, historical, and economic dimensions…