Monitoring the Decade

The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration [2021–2030] unites the world behind a common goal: preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.  In the context of the Decade, ecosystem restoration refers to a wide continuum of practices and targeted ecosystem conditions that contribute to conserving and repairing damaged ecosystems.

The Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring

To track progress of efforts to restore degraded ecosystems on an unprecedented scale, FAO and partners are developing an operational monitoring and reporting framework for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. As outlined in the Decade’s Strategy, the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) builds on, and complements, existing international, regional and national reporting processes, their goals, targets, criteria and indicators by providing to people, communities and countries, under one common umbrella, providing access to data, methodological guidance and tools to monitor ecosystem restoration.