"Regreening at least 1 billion hectares would help tackle hunger, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, says #GenerationRestoration report"
"The world needs to restore nature on land areas equivalent to the size of China by 2030 if it is to feed a fast-growing population, curb pollution, halt species loss and meet global goals to tackle climate change, U.N. agencies said on Thursday.
Launched ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, a U.N.-backed report on restoring ecosystems highlighted ways to reverse the destruction of nature, such as reforestation, re-wetting peatlands and coral rehabilitation.
The report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Food and Agriculture Organization urged governments, businesses and communities to make good on pledges they have already made under previous agreements, to restore degraded lands covering at least 1 billion hectares (2.4 billion acres).
Those lands include farms, forests, savannahs, mountains and even urban areas."
Michael Taylor reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation June 3, 2021.
