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News
Nominate a UN World Restoration Flagship
16/04/2024
International Conference on Agrobiodiversity begins in Nepal
08/04/2024
FAO launches inaugural field project in Congo Basin to advance sustainable peatland management for climate action
20/03/2024
Publications
The Restoration Initiative: 2021 Year in Review
2022
2021 marks the completion of The Restoration Initiative’s (TRI) third full year of implementation. Despite challenges lingering from the COVID-19 global pandemic, 2021 was a year of encouraging progress. As stay-at-home work requirements and other restrictions were lifted, project participants were able to return to the field, using the analyses, policy recommendations and landscape restoration and management plans developed in 2020 to accelerate restoration actions.
Peatlands and climate planning. Part 1: Peatlands and climate commitments
2022
Peatland conservation and restoration secure ecosystem services that support adaptive capacity and resilience. This brief is part of the Global Peatlands Initiative’s work to support national governments in enhancing their climate commitments, such as the nationally determined contributions and the long-term strategies through the inclusion of climate action on peatlands.
Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
2022
More clarity on who ‘owns’ emissions reductions is still needed to access different sources of forest carbon finance and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, according to a new information brief released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).