This target focuses on ensuring that nature’s contributions include ecosystem services such as food provision, water purification, climate regulation, pollination, soil fertility, disaster risk reduction, and cultural and spiritual values.
Promote and implement NbS and EbA programs to restore, maintain and enhance ecosystem functions
| Global Targets | Degree of Alignment |
GBF-T02. 30% of degraded areas are under effective restoration GBF-T02. 30% of degraded areas are under effective restorationEnsure that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of areas of degraded terrestrial, inland water, and coastal and marine ecosystems are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity. | |
GBF-T11. Nature’s contributions to people are restored, maintained and enhanced GBF-T11. Nature’s contributions to people are restored, maintained and enhancedRestore, maintain and enhance nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services, such as regulation of air, water, and climate, soil health, pollination and reduction of disease risk, as well as protection from natural hazards and disasters, through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches for the benefit of all people and nature. |
Implementation of ecosystem restoration programs targeting degraded forests, wetlands, rangelands, and coastal habitats to restore ecosystem services.
Promotion of community-based natural resource management and the use of traditional knowledge to sustain ecosystem services.
Public awareness and education campaigns to enhance understanding of the importance of nature’s contributions to people’s well-being.
Restoration of degraded ecosystems to recover lost ecosystem services.
Sustainable management of forests, wetlands, rangelands, and marine ecosystems.
Promotion of traditional knowledge and community-based natural resource management that sustains the benefits provided by nature