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ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

Level: Intermediate | Estimated completion time: 2 hours | Certificate upon completion

Skills: Mapping degradation and ecosystem services, assessing restoration potential, setting restoration priorities, managing trade-offs, addressing drivers of degradation

With vast landscapes to heal and limited resources, how do you decide where to act first for the greatest impact? This journey takes you deep into the strategic heart of restoration planning. You will review the tools to assess and map degradation, set clear priorities that balance ecological needs with social realities, and diagnose the root drivers of environmental damage. Learn to move beyond good intentions and design data-driven, equitable, and effective restoration plans that deliver lasting results.

Task 1: Mapping degradation and ecosystem services
Task 2: Case study:
Burkina Faso
Task 3: Defining reference ecosystems and models
Task 4: Assessing restoration potential
Task 5: Tools to support your assessment
Stop and check 1
Task 6: Setting goals and objectives for restoration prioritization
Task 7: Integrating GESI into restoration assessments
Task 8: Understanding synergies and trade-offs
Task 9: Approaches to prioritization
Task 10: Aligning restoration priorities with national goals
Stop and check 2
Task 11: Identifying drivers of ecosystem degradation
Task 12: Strategies for addressing ecosystem degradation drivers
Task 13: Exploring solutions: incentives, planning, and education
Task 14: Case study: Reducing drivers in Morocco
Task 15: Tools to address drivers of degradation
Final test
Certificate of completion

Additional Resources

Report
Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration – Summary Report (FAO, SER & IUCN CEM)
This document is a summary of 300+ recommendations applying the ten restoration principles across ecosystems and restoration phases.
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Website
Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FAO)
This page presents principles, standards and best practices for effective restoration.
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Website
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CBD)
This website presents the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including restoration targets for 2030 and 2050.
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Website
United Nations Decade on Restoration (UN)
This is a global UN initiative catalysing large-scale ecosystem restoration for people, nature and climate from 2021–2030.
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Website
Types of Ecosystem Restoration (UN)
This page explains various categories of ecosystems, threats, and benefits of restoration actions.
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Document
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy (UN)
This document is the official strategy of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, outlining goals, governance, and global vision for restoration 2021–2030.
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Report
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate (UNEP–FAO)
This report shows the benefits and the urgency of restoration for climate and biodiversity.
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Report
Global Update Report – Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Nationally Determined Contributions (UNEP)
This publication presents lessons learned from a decade of restoration initiatives worldwide.
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Report
Global Land Outlook (UNCCD)
This report underscores land system challenges, showcases transformative policies and practices, and points to cost-effective pathways to scale up sustainable land and water management.
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Report
The State of the World’s Forests 2022 (FAO)
This report highlights restoration as a key pathway for sustainable forest use.
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