Degradation of land and ecosystems is one of the greatest challenges that face countries around the world. Human socio-economic activities and bio-physical factors, such as deforestation and soil erosion, exacerbated by climate change, are the main causes of degradation.

Aiming to reverse this trend, several international organizations are partnering with regional countries to bring 30 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2030 in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

The ECCA30 initiative, launched during the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, is supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), FAO, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the World Resources Institute, and the World Bank.