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United Nations reports 252 million hectares of ecosystems undergoing restoration
A new United Nations report, released during the COP17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia, reveals that 252 million hectares of degraded ecosystems are currently being restored across 149 countries. This represents the largest documented global effort to date, covering areas roughly equivalent to the size of Kazakhstan or Algeria.
Terrestrial restoration accounts for approximately 232 million hectares, with China leading this sector at 127.4 million hectares. In contrast, progress in freshwater, marine, and coastal ecosystems remains limited, with only 11 million and 5.7 million hectares documented respectively. The report notes that these aquatic environments are degrading at a faster rate than they are being recovered.
While the initiative has already created over one million green jobs, experts warn that current progress is insufficient to meet the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets. To reach the goal of restoring one billion hectares by 2030, annual global financing must increase more than fourfold, rising from 64 billion dollars to 296 billion dollars. Such an investment could potentially generate up to 32 million additional jobs globally by the end of the decade.
Entities
Armenia · Brazil · COP17 · China · Convention on Biological Diversity · Doreen Robinson · FAO · Food and Agriculture Organization · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · Greenland · Inger Andersen · Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [● 4 SOURCES] Land-based restoration is approximately halfway to the 2030 goal. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de
- [● 4 SOURCES] Over 90 percent of restoration measures are occurring on land. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de
- [● 19 SOURCES] More than one million green jobs have been created. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de · www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de · +13 more
- [● 19 SOURCES] The international community agreed to restore one billion hectares by 2030. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de · www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de · +13 more
- [● 19 SOURCES] The area of regenerating ecosystems is 252 million hectares. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de · www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de · +13 more
- [● 19 SOURCES] Ecosystems in 149 countries are undergoing regeneration. www.nordbayern.de · www.dattelner-morgenpost.de · www.muensterlandzeitung.de · www.op-online.de · www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de · +13 more
- [● 19 SOURCES] Countries pledged to restore 1 billion hectares of land by 2030. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se · www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de · klimatgranskaren.se · sbtnews.sbt.com.br · +13 more
- [● 2 SOURCES] Global degraded land area increased from 11.5 percent to 15.4 percent between 2015 and 2019. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se
- [● 4 SOURCES] Restoring 15 percent of priority areas could capture 30 percent of post-industrial CO2 increases. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se · sbtnews.sbt.com.br · forbes.com.br
- [● 2 SOURCES] The jaguar, snow leopard, and dolphin are among the species recovering due to restoration. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se
- [● 2 SOURCES] Projects are currently active in 149 countries. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se
- [● 2 SOURCES] 252 million hectares of degraded land have been restored globally. www.tv4.se · www.sydsvenskan.se