With less than five years remaining to 2030—and forests, a key driver of climate resilience, livelihoods and food security, under threat— the United Nations today launched The Global Forest Goals ...

1 March 2019 – WWF welcomes the declaration by the UN General Assembly to establish 2021-2030 as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The announcement today will help catalyze action on global ...

This year’s World Environment Day will launch and focus on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global rallying cry to heal our planet. Ecosystems ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Forests across the globe are witnessing remarkable transformations as scientists document unprecedented restoration efforts that are reshaping entire ecosystems. Despite facing alarming deforestation ...

Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is persuasive of the increased risks of zoonotic diseases with degradation and ...

A set of maps from research published in 2020 in the journal Nature suggested that restoring ecosystems in “priority areas” offered a cheap and effective way to slow climate change and stem the global ...

The importance of restoration is increasingly recognized — but how is the world going to finance the action urgently needed? Watch this video explainer featuring Fiona Stewart, Lead Financial Sector ...

It can be hard for governments to prioritise the risks of ecosystem collapse above conflict, energy poverty and food supply ...

Ecological restoration is the process of recovering the health and integrity of degraded or damaged ecosystems, often by re-establishing natural processes and native species. Recognizing the need to ...

The RSC is working to regain ecological function from degraded landscapes through restoration. Research projects span across terrestrial, wetland and aquatic ecosystems, and faculty are working on ...