SDG 17.9: Enhance SDG Capacity in Developing Countries

“A key step in creating a shared vision of ecosystem restoration is to adopt principles that underpin the full set of ecosystem restoration activities in support of the UN Decade Strategy. Although principles for specific types of restorative activities – such as ecological restoration and forest...

“The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, for the benefit of people and nature. It aims to halt the degradation of ecosystems, and restore them to achieve global goals. Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance...

“Earth needs help. The climate emergency, the loss of nature and deadly pollution threaten to destroy our home and eliminate many of the millions of species that share this beautiful planet with us. But this degradation is not inevitable. We have the power and the knowledge to reverse the harm and...

“The SDG Acceleration Toolkit is a compendium of tools for analysing system interconnections, enhancing policy coherence, ensuring that no one is left behind, identifying risks and building resilience.”

“This report presents the case for why we all must throw our weight behind a global restoration effort. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, it explains the crucial role played by ecosystems from forests and farmland to rivers and oceans, and charts the losses that result from our poor...

“UNESCO has developed a comprehensive set of capacity-building materials comprising more than 50 thematic training units [related to the 2003 Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention]. Initially elaborated in English, translations are available in French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian...