The Bonn Challenge in Asia: Driving leadership on forest landscape restoration

Submitted on Regional , August 17, 2020
Asia is home to more than half of the world’s population, and the pressure is on forests to provide incomes, food and water, as well as deliver solutions to climate risks and land-use needs. Countries in Asia are looking to the restoration of their degraded and deforested lands to generate these important benefits, with a focus on poverty alleviation, climate-smart agriculture and reversing deforestation.