Restored Nature Hits Record Level, Still Off Target
The pace must triple and funding must rise sharply, with private sector support needed to reach the 2030 restoration target, the report says.
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"This report reflects the largest restoration operation ever identified," said Doreen Robinson, Deputy Director of the Division of Ecosystems at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, who responded to the UN conclusions at a press conference, representing the size of a territory such as Algeria, or Argentina, says the United Nations. "This 99-page report was published during COP17 on biodiversity, which is being held until t…
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Four years after the adoption of the global agreement for biodiversity in Kunming-Montreal, 149 UN countries are in the process of restoring a total area equivalent to a quarter of that which they committed to recover 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. Despite the advances, funding remains insufficient, there are monitoring failures and delays in aquatic ecosystems
A UN report shows that 252 million hectares are currently being restored worldwide, a large area, however well below the target of 30 per cent restoration of degraded ecosystems by 2030.
This represents the size of a territory such as Algeria, or Argentina, which specifies the United Nations. Nature restoration efforts in 149 countries have been carried out mainly on land areas. The pace still needs to be "tripled" in order to achieve the objectives set.
The countries of the world are restoring about 252 million hectares of nature today, a new level according to a UN report published on Thursday but insufficient to meet the global targets for 2030. ...
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