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Rationale
The Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge will bring together decision-makers from Eastern and South-East Europe in order to discuss challenges, identify solutions and enhance commitments towards forest landscape restoration. The Roundtable will provide a unique opportunity to align national and regional efforts in Eastern and South-East Europe with the Bonn Challenge - a global effort to bring 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested land into restoration by 2030.
Objectives
- Discuss possibilities for forest landscape restoration under the Bonn Challenge in Eastern and South-East Europe;
- Share regional and national experiences of forest landscape restoration, challenges faced during implementation, and ways of addressing them;
- Discuss strategies and approaches for unlocking financial resources required for restoration;
- Consider ways of reporting on progress in restoration;
- Provide an opportunity for identifying and selecting areas for restoration.
Registration
Should you have any questions related to the meeting, contact [email protected].
- Documents
- Virtual informal follow-up meeting (7 May 2020)
- Virtual meeting on Financing Forest Landscape Restoration (16 July 2020)
| Topic | Language | Document |
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Getting started with the Bonn Challenge Начало работы с Боннским вызовом |
English Русский |
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A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) |
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Video overview of the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) Видео обзор методологии оценки перспектив восстановления лесных ландшафтов (МОПВ) |
English
Русский |
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Virtual briefing meeting on the Bonn Challenge and ECCA30 (7 May 2020)
| Name of the Presenter | Topic | |
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| Mr. Gianluca Sambucini, UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section | Opening remarks | |
| Ms. Salome Begeladze, IUCN | Bonn Challenge, making and tracking the pledge | |
| Ms. Jessica Robertson, USDA Forest Service | Bonn Challenge, making and tracking the United States Pledge | |
| Mr. Ekrem Yazici, UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section | Updates on the Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge for Eastern and South-East Europe | |
| Mr. Charles Karangwa, IUCN | Regional Initiatives in support of the Bonn Challenge in Africa | |
| Ms. Adriana Vidal, IUCN | Regional Initiatives in support of the Bonn Challenge in Latin America |
Virtual meeting on Financing Forest Landscape Restoration (16 July 2020)
| Document | Presenter | |
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| Opening remarks and introduction | Mr. Gianluca Sambucini, joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section and Mr. Boris Erg, IUCN | |
| Mapping of funding opportunities for forest landscape restoration in the region (II) | Mr. Peter Gondo, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat | |
| Sources of financing for forest landscape restoration: International Climate Initiative (IKI) | Dr. Michael Krause-Besan, Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH. The International Climate Initiative (IKI), The Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) | |
| Sources of financing for forest landscape restoration Global Environmental Facility (GEF) | Mr. Ulrich Apel, Senior Environmental Specialist, The Global Environment Facility (GEF) | |
| Sources of financing for forest landscape restoration: Green Climate Fund | Mr. Marc Dumas-Johansen, Forest and Land Use Specialist. Green Climate Fund (GCF) | |
| Sources of financing for forest landscape restoration: European Investment Bank | Natural Capital Financing Facility, European Investment Bank |