Die Wiederherstellung waldreicher Landschaften

Publication: Policy Brief
Citation: Fuchs; Gregory; Naumann, Sandra; Noebel, Rebecca (2023): Die Wiederherstellung waldreicher Landschaften. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Berlin.

This policy brief examines the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) approach, considering global (e.g., the Bonn Challenge) and regional (e.g., AFR100) initiatives for restoring (forest) ecosystems, among others, and assesses their contribution to the UN multilateral goals.

Composed in 2023 and subsequently updated within the same year to reflect the latest scientific and policy advancements, the document offers policy recommendations for the large-scale implementation of ambitious policy commitments. It addresses challenges that impede implementation activities and proposes solutions, including integrated collaboration, financing, participatory planning processes, and more, all updated to incorporate the most current understandings and contexts.

Restoration of forested landscapes, more commonly known as Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), is a process that has been established for over 20 years now for the mosaic restoration of degraded forest landscapes and their ecological functions. FLR as a term is used particularly in an international context, for example for large restoration projects in tropical areas of South America and Africa. At the European policy level, the term is less common. The UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration sees itself as a decade of action and offers a new global framework in which the implementation of the aforementioned FLR initiatives can be accelerated through better networking, as well as knowledge and experience exchange.

Restoration processes should be initiated on 150 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 and expanded to 350 million hectares by 2030.

Die Rolle nachhaltiger Produktionsmethoden und Investitionen sowie naturpositiver Lieferketten für die Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen

Year 2023

Publication:Policy Brief

In an increasingly interlinked and globalized world, indigenous peoples and local communities are essential for the preservation of their rights, cultures and access to land and resources. What role do they play in the dialog around environmental protection and social justice? This policy paper sheds light on the challenges and opportunities for indigenous peoples and local communities and explores how their voices can be heard and respected in international forums.

Die Rolle von Indigenen Völkern und lokalen Gemeinschaften, Frauen und Jugendlichen für die Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen

Year 2023

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy paper addresses the restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems. It advocates for synergies among UN decades and underscores the need to integrate various approaches to restoring marine and coastal ecosystems.

Die Wiederherstellung von Meeres- und Küstenökosystemen

Year 2023

Presentation:Speech

At the online conference, "Moore II: Restoring Intact Ecosystems and Sustainable Use – Pathways to Success," held on 25 April 2023, Gregory Fuchs presented a policy paper stressing the need for freshwater ecosystem restoration. The event, organized to support the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, specifically focused on peatland restoration.

Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration

25 April 2023
Gregory Fuchs

Publication:Policy Brief

Cover of Policy Paper No. 7 from the series for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), entitled 'The Results of the CBD COP15 and their Importance for the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.' It displays the emblem of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection. Below, an image of a mist-laden rainforest is visible. Authors Gregory Fuchs and Rebecca Noebel from the Ecologic Institute, and Mathias Bertram from GIZ.

This policy brief offers a nuanced analysis of the outcomes from CBD COP15. It particularly focuses on the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and its ramifications for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The document articulates policy recommendations designed to ensure the GBF’s ambitious restoration targets are achieved efficiently and on schedule.

Die Ergebnisse der CBD COP15 und ihre Bedeutung für die UN-Dekade zur Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen

Year 2023

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy paper addresses the restoration of freshwater ecosystems. It delves into a policy milieu where the UN Decades of Ecosystem Restoration and the Water Decade emerge as pivotal, particularly bolstering SDGs 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and 14 (Life Below Water). The paper offers policy recommendations that advocate for the integration of specific measures into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), alongside the proposal for a binding international water treaty and the appointment of a UN special representative for water.

Die Wiederherstellung von Süßwasserökosystemen

Year 2023

News

Following four years of development negotiations, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on 19 December 2022, replacing the CBD's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Targets. Ecologic Institute produced a series of policy briefs on ecosystem restoration, which is a key priority and specific target in the new global biodiversity framework. A separate publication on the outcomes of the CBD COP15 and their relevance to the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration is in preparation.

A New Global Biodiversity Framework – Assessments of COP15 outcomes

31 January 2023

Publication:Policy Brief

This paper analyses the role of the UNCCD in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, linking the UNCCD's key objective of achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) with the concerns and objectives of the UN Decade.

Die Rolle der Konvention zur Bekämpfung von Wüstenbildung (UNCCD) in der UN-Dekade zur Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen

Year 2023

Publication:Policy Brief

Title page of a policy paper by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection with the title 'The restoration of ecosystems as a nature-based solution'. Underneath is a picture of a lush, foggy rainforest and the names of the authors as well as a summary and key key messages on climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem restoration. ecosystem restoration.

This edition of the policy brief represents the 2023 updated and content-revised version of the original document, thereby integrating the latest insights and developments in the field of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and ecosystem restoration.

Die Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen als naturbasierte Lösung

Year 2023

Language: German
Authorship: Gregory Fuchs

Sandra Naumann

Rebecca Noebel
Funding: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany
Published by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany
Year: 2023
Dimension: 12 pp.
Project: Strategic Support for the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
Project ID: 60020
Keywords: Biodiversity

Climate

Nature-based Solutions and Green Infrastructure

Restoration, NBS, policymakers, governance, Forests, Forest Landscape Restoration, FLR, Bonn Challenge

Germany, Europe, South America, Africa

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PublicationPolicy BriefDie Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen als naturbasierte Lösung

Fuchs; Gregory; Naumann, Sandra; Noebel, Rebecca (2023): Die Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen als naturbasierte Lösung. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Berlin.