The FAO and UNEP offices with the United Nations in Geneva organized a joint event today (8 June), in celebration of the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. High level panelists discussed how to act now to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda including goals on climate change, poverty eradication, food security, water and biodiversity conservation – and the ten actions on Ecosystem Restoration needed to do so.

The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021—2030 aspires to unite the world behind a common goal of preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is an opportunity to reset our relationship with nature. This has to be a generational movement #GenerationRestoration

Read the Concept Note for this Webinar Event here.

Watch the recording of the FAO and UNEP Geneva Webinar celebrates the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and World Oceans Day here. 

Presentations and Speeches are being uploaded in the Agenda below 

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AGENDA

Opening remarks and moderation by Mr. Dominique Burgeon
Director, Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva, FAO

Panel 1 - Technical Perspectives

Mr. Eduardo Mansur
Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO

Mr. Manuel Barange
Director, Fisheries Division, FAO

Ms. Radhika Murti
Director, Global Ecosystem Management Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Presentation delivered by Mr. Marcos Valderrabano, Programme Manager Red list of Ecosystems, IUCN

Panel 2 - Sharing of Perspectives

H.E. Mr. Chen Xu
Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the UN Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Asim Ahmed
Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the UN Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Thomas Wagner
Deputy Permanent Observer, Permanent Mission of the European Union to the UN Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland

Ms. Anne Nuorgam
Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Questions and answers

Closing remarks by Mr. Bruno Pozzi
Director, Europe Office, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

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For more information, please contact Mr. Adriano José Timossi. Email: [email protected] 

For more details on the FAO and UNEP Geneva Webinar Event Celebrating the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 click here.

Visit the official website of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration here.

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