UN honors seven initiatives for the rest • Table.Briefings

Low water on the Indus near Hyderabad, Pakistan. The river is to be extensively renaturalized.

Reforestation initiatives, the preservation of a river and the revitalization of entire landscapes are among the flagship projects honored by the UN. They show how a „large-scale and long-term restoration of ecosystems“ can work.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have awarded seven ecosystem restoration initiatives the title „World Restoration Flagships.“ The initiatives have already restored millions of hectares of nature. By 2030, they are expected to restore a total of 40 million hectares and create half a million jobs.

UN honors seven initiatives for the restoration of ecosystems

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