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CRNGO Climate Working Group advocacy meeting
17 May 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Free
- Bring along your organization’s plans / ideas for Advocacy to share (or if you don’t have a plan, come and learn and support others who do!)
Even amidst the global pandemic and climate crisis challenges, the Good News is that it’s almost time for the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. In an effort to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) has developed many resources to share on June 5, 2021, which is World Environment Day. (See more information here: worldenvironmentday.global)
To help us take action in this next decade, UNEP has published a practical guide to ecosystem restoration called the Ecosystem Restoration Playbook – it provides an introduction to a range of actions that can slow the degradation of ecosystems and foster their recovery. Designed for all interested individuals and stakeholder groups, this guide outlines three pathways to getting involved in ecosystem restoration during the UN Decade and beyond:
· Taking action such as starting or support an on-the-ground restoration project
· Making smart choices like buying only sustainable products and changing diets
· Raising your voice in support of ecosystem conservation and restoration
You can find more information, as well as a link to this 21-page guide, here: https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/
So join in on restoring one or more of the eight key types of ecosystems – forests, farmlands, grassland and savannahs, rivers and lakes, oceans and coasts, towns and cities, peatlands, and mountains – and become part of #GenerationRestoration !