The restoration of ecosystems is seen as essential to avert the linked biodiversity and climate crises. The importance of ecosystem restoration is reflected in international policy, with Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) focusing on restoring 30% of all degraded ecosystems by 2030.

CCI’s governing body, the Council, have recently reaffirmed their commitment to restoration, identifying ‘transformative restoration’ as one of three areas where the Executive Director’s Office should focus its efforts at facilitating collaboration.

CCI has much to contribute to support delivery of the urgent action that is needed to achieve the GBF target. Its partners link research, policy and practice. They hold some of the most significant global databases on biodiversity and are at the forefront of many areas of research critical to accelerating and delivering the restoration agenda. CCI manages the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme, and many CCI partners are working on flagship restoration initiatives worldwide, such as Altyn Dala in Kazakhstan, Greater Gola Landscape in  Sierra Leone and Liberia, Harapan in Indonesia and the Trillion Trees initiative.

In order to understand how CCI collaborations can best add value to restoration efforts, CCI is inviting tenders to conduct a review of CCI’s niche in ecosystem restoration globally. More information about this opportunity is available here. Interested individuals/organisations are invited to submit their proposals for undertaking such a review to cciadministrator@jbs.cam.ac.uk by midnight on Wednesday 28 May.

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