Descriptions

The purpose of this project is to improve restoration monitoring and targeted support to 4 pilot countries under the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Target 2. The services contribute to technically improve and achieve the elements foreseen in the Roadmap for GBF Target 2 to COP 16 and beyond1 and to move towards a standardized restoration reporting process. The project also contributes to the Multi-Partner Trust Fund of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Outcome 3 - Results documented and shared, through monitoring and reporting of biophysical and socio-economic elements of sustainable ecosystem restoration and influencing activities for ecosystem restoration. Specifically contributing to Outcomes 3.1.1 FERM Registry developed and tested by restoration stakeholders, 3.1.2 Integrate geospatial data from other restoration monitoring platforms into the Registry, 3.1.4 E-learning course on monitoring restoration for efficient capacity development, 3.3.3 Support monitoring and reporting against CBD restoration target 2, 3.4.1. Critical data and information gaps in restoration monitoring identification.