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AIM4NatuRe - Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration
Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration (AIM4NatuRe), is an FAO-led USD 9 million initiative funded by the United Kingdom to enhance countries’ capacity to monitor and report ecosystem restoration progress. To be announced at the forthcoming resumed session of 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Rome, AIM4NatuRe will leverage cutting-edge technology, standardized data frameworks, and capacity development to support global efforts to restore at least 30 percent of degraded ecosystems by 2030, as outlined in Target 2 of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). By fostering transparency, accountability, and data interoperability, the initiative will enable countries to track restoration efforts across forests, wetlands, grasslands, marine ecosystems, and agricultural landscapes. AIM4NatuRe is part of FAO’s AIM4Forests Programme, expanding the scope beyond forests to provide a holistic approach to nature restoration monitoring.
Duration: 4 years (2025-2028)
Budget: 7 million GBP (~ 9 million USD)
Resource partner: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Key objectives
Enhances global monitoring
Develops a global dataset for consistent, transparent, accessible and reliable data, making restoration efforts more accountable and measurable.
Supports global reporting frameworks
Directly contributes to KMGBF Target 2 reporting, as well as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, restoration related SDGs, and other global goals.
Addresses capacity gaps
It helps bridge gaps in monitoring capacity, empowering countries to strengthen their monitoring capabilities for effective nature restoration.
Enabling commitment Implementation
Provides data and tools to ensure effective restoration commitments and measurable ecosystem impact.
Activities towards a comprehensive dataset of area under restoration
Host the GBF Target 2 Partnership
- Establish a governance structure to engage experts, partners, and countries in developing guidance, methods, datasets, and technical collaboration for nature restoration monitoring and GBF Target 2 reporting.
Build a global dataset on nature restoration and link four pilot countries
- Guided by the Target 2 partnership, the global dataset will be accessible through the FERM platform, linked to the CBD’s Online Reporting Tool.
- Four pilot countries will host roundtables on restoration monitoring solutions aiming to contribute to the dataset.
Develop guidance and technical solutions for data collection and reporting
- Guidance for key ecosystems will improve existing metadata and the Target 2 resource guide.
- Solutions will link to enhanced data collection based on FAO’s FERM platform and Open Foris, developed in collaboration with country teams.
Leverage the global dataset on nature restoration for high-profile reports
- Contributions to high-profile reports (e.g., FRA 2025, Restoration Gap Report, SOFO 2026, UNGA report, publication on carbon and nature restoration).
Advance development of the global dataset on nature restoration through regional workshops
- Regional / subregional workshops will bring together countries and experts working towards Target 2 GBF reporting and introduce guidance and technical solutions.
Support Indigenous Peoples to contribute to monitoring of (biocentric) nature restoration
- Piloting a biocentric restoration approach in Brazil and Peru with Indigenous Peoples-led CoPs, facilitated by FAO’s Indigenous Peoples Unit.
- Guidance will include a methodological manual and a global knowledge product on successful cases.
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