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Promising cases of forest and landscape restoration in Asia and the Pacific

Based on the guiding principles of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 73 p.

Author Mittelman, A.; Hokka, V.; Paudel, K.C.; Animon, I.; Ioannou, A.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-139014-6

Synopsis (short abstract) Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining momentum through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030. National commitments for FLR are increasing under the three Rio conventions (UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD), the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration on Forests, the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, and the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership. These restoration-linked targets and declarations at the global level also include countries in Asia and the Pacific, with a wave of regional-level FLR targets and initiatives such as the ASEAN Green Initiative, Landscape Partnership Asia and the Regional Strategy and Action Plan for FLR in Asia-Pacific. FLR ambitions and efforts on the ground are strong. Many different types of approaches, tools and innovative financing methods are being employed. Interest is also robust in upscaling successful FLR that can contribute to enhancing or maintaining the delivery of ecosystem services, addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, and promoting poverty alleviation, food security and economic development.In this context, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, with support from the IUCN, has examined FLR experiences in the region to identify promising FLR cases in various country settings and ecosystem types. This publication presents 15 promising cases, selected from 150 projects, based on their alignment with the ten principles of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

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Mittelman, A., Hokka, V., Paudel, K.C., Animon, I. and Ioannou, A. 2024. Promising cases of forest and landscape restoration in Asia and the Pacific – Evidence based on the guiding principles of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Bangkok. FAO



https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1877en

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