Land restoration & recovery of degraded lands:

Why it matters

Healthy land and ecosystems are fundamental to our planet’s wellbeing and its ability to sustain life. Agriculture and food systems are deeply dependent on natural ecosystems and resources, including healthy land and soil. Yet land is degrading at an unprecedented pace due to human pressures and climate change, driving desertification, worsening droughts, and threatening the livelihoods of 3.2 billion people worldwide. Large-scale landscape restoration efforts are needed to halt and reverse land degradation - recognizing, that based on current trends, this would require restoration of 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land by 2030, including 250 million hectares of degraded agricultural land.