Madagascar's journey towards sustainable development and environmental restoration
05/05/2024
Madagascar has increasingly become pivotal in international efforts towards environmental conservation and restoration, marking its presence as a key contributor to global ecological sustainability. This overview sheds light on the remarkable progress Madagascar has achieved in forest and land...
Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism experts on exchange field visits to model forest restoration sites in Morocco
05/05/2024
From 3 to 9 March 2024, experts from the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a field visit to restoration sites in the Maâmora forest and Ifrane region of Morocco. The visits were organized in the cont...
The launch the flagship of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: The Great Green Wall
05/05/2024
The Great Green Wall is a unique initiative designed to help people and natural environments cope with the growing impacts of the climate emergency and degradation of vital ecosystems, and to keep the Sahara Desert from encroaching further into one of the world’s poorest regions.
Launche...
The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism team conduct field visits to Mount Kulal and the Mukugodo forest in Kenya
05/05/2024
In early March 2024, as part of The Restoration Initiative’s (TRI) project in Kenya, “Restoration of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya through Bioenterprise Development”, colleagues and partners from the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
New Call: Apply by 31 May 2024 to be recognized as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship
05/05/2024
The United Nations World Restoration Flagships are the most ambitious, promising or successful examples of large-scale ecosystem restoration, recognized in the contex...
FAO representatives engage in fruitful discussions with partners in the Republic of Korea on forest and landscape restoration and sustainable forest management
05/05/2024
In a continued effort to advance sustainable forestry practices and global restoration initiatives, in January 2024, the Forest Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) visited the Republic of Korea and engaged in meaningful discussions with key stakeholders, including the Korea Forest Service (...
Editorial: An overview of forest and landscape restoration
29/04/2016
Douglas McGuire, Coordinator of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism The international community has set ambitious targets for forest and landscape restoration (FLR): In September 2011, ministers and other leaders launched...
Forest and landscape restoration in Lebanon
29/04/2016
Improved coordination vital to restore country’s multiple degraded ecosystems The Republic of Lebanon is a small south-north orientated rectangle of 225 km average length and 48 km width, totaling 10452 km²,...
Forest and landscape restoration: a key issue for the Asia-Pacific region
29/04/2016
The 26th Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) was organized by FAO and the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week...
An integrated approach to restore and sustainably manage landscapes for food security and nutrition in Rwanda
29/04/2016
For this effort to succeed, the Government of Rwanda and FAO encourage all partners to come together and work hand-in-hand like never before. No business-as-usual solution will be effective: only...
Sustainable financing for forest and landscape restoration
29/04/2016
More than USD 300 billion per year are needed to restore the world’s degraded land and achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3 to combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil...
Increasing Private Sector Investments in Forest & Landscape Restoration and Land Degradation Neutrality
22/07/2016
On the occasion of the Committee on Forestry and the World Forest Week organized at FAO headquarters from 18 to 22 July 2016, FAO and the Global Mechanism of the...
The strategy and action plan for Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region
05/10/2016
On 22 July 2016, a side event, co-organized by FAO, the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World...
FAO and the International Model Forest Network to join forces in applying sustainable forest management at the landscape level
06/10/2016
Regional coalitions will be key in supporting countries meeting their national, regional and global commitments under the Bonn Challenge. To understand their role better, FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR)...
Drylands & Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) Monitoring Week
07/10/2016
From 26 to 29 April 2016, FAO, along with several partners, organized the “Drylands & Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) Monitoring Week” at FAO Headquarters in Rome (Italy). This event...
Promoting Private Sector Investments in Sustainable Forestry and Landscape Restoration
08/10/2016
A two-day Expert Workshop was held on 21-22 April 2016 in Solsona, Spain on Financial and Institutional Innovation for Reducing the Risks of Private Sector Investments in Sustainable Forestry. The...
Boosting restoration activities in Guatemala
09/10/2016
What progress has been made to restore degraded lands in Guatemala? Together with several stakeholders, the National Forest Institute and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Nutrition have promoted and...
Editorial: Key recommendations of the 23rd Session of the Committee on Forestry on Forest and Landscape Restoration
10/10/2016
Douglas McGuire, Coordinator of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism Welcome to our readers to this second FLRM Newsletter, published to present the main achievements of the Forest and Landscape Restoration...
The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism in Cambodia
19/12/2016
The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) Work Plan for Cambodia 2016–2018 has been developed and endorsed with the support and collaboration of the Royal Government of Cambodia and, in...
Peru ready to tackle land degradation
19/12/2016
Peru is working to meet its commitments made in the context of Initiative 20x20, by restoring 3.2 million hectares of degraded land by 2020. Since 2015, it has been receiving...