Africa: Nature Is Making a Comeback - Now Restoration Funding Must Quadruple
[UN News] From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate.
The restoration of ecosystems worldwide is on an unprecedented scale, with 252 million hectares across 149 countries currently undergoing restoration, an area roughly the size of Kazakhstan. This effort, the largest of its kind documented, has created more than one million green jobs, according to a report launched at the COP17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia.
Executives from the UN Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Convention on Biological Diversity emphasized the need for rapid acceleration in restoration efforts, particularly in freshwater, marine, and coastal ecosystems, to meet global targets. The report suggests that annual funding for restoration must increase from $64 billion to $296 billion to create up to 32 million jobs worldwide by 2030.
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