Chetan Kumar of the Global Forest and Climate Change Program of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Presented at the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit http://www.cifor.org/asia-pacific-rainforest-summit/

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Restoring our rainforests:
Bonn Challenge and Forest
Landscape Restoration
Chetan Kumar
Global Forest and Climate Change Program
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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Presentation outline
• Global context
• Restoration in global climate and development agenda
• Scale of opportunity
• Bonn Challenge
• FLR as solution
• Concept, approaches to support implementation & challenges

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Global context and the opportunity
• Paris agreement
• Article 5.1 “Parties should take action to conserve and enhance, as
appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases as referred to in Article
4, paragraph 1(d), of the Convention, including forests.”
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Development Goal (SDG) 15.3 specifically calls for the restoration of degraded
lands, stating: “By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and
soil, including land affected by desertification, drought, and floods, and strive
to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world.”
• What is the scale of opportunity?
• More than 2 billion hectares of land worldwide ( GPFLR, 2011).

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World of Opportunity Map

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Bonn Challenge: progress so far
• Target
• Commitments to restore 150 million ha by 2020 and 350 million ha by 2030.
• Progress so far (bonnchallenge.org)
• 107.3 million ha committed by 34 countries/states/coalitions/private sector.
• Growing regional initiatives and ministerial meetings
• Initiative 20x20, AFR 100 initiative , Asia Pacific Regional Strategy
• Latin America (August, 2015); East, Central and West Africa (July 2016) and
Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting (February 2017, South Sumatra, Indonesia).
• Increasing collaboration with private sector
• APP’s commitment, development of a private sector platform, business case
for landowners and farmers (e.g. Brazil).

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Bonn Challenge Contributors
Millions of
Hectares
Argentina 1
Asia Pulp and Paper 1
Brazil Atlantic Forest
PACT
1
Burundi 2
Central African Republic 3.5
Chile 0.5
Colombia 1
Congo, Republic of 2
Costa Rica 1
Côte d’Ivoire 5
DRC 8
Ecuador 0.5
El Salvador 1
Ethiopia 15
Ghana 2
Guatemala 1.2
Honduras 1
Millions of
Hectares
India 13
Kenya 5.1
KPK (Pakistan) 0.384
Liberia 1
Madagascar 1
Mexico (National) 7.5
Campeche (Mexico) 0.4
Quintana Roo (Mexico) 0.3
Yucatan (Mexico) 0.25
Mozambique 1
Nicaragua 2.8
Niger 3.2
Peru 3.2
Republic of Guinea 2
Rwanda 2
Uganda 2.5
US Forest Service 15

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Bonn Challenge: making the case
• Some examples of benefits from Bonn Challenge:
• US$ 85 billion contribution to local and national economies.
• 1 GtCO2 sequestered.
• 11-17 percent reduction in current emissions gap.
• Approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide would directly benefit.
• And an additional USD 6 billion in crop yield increases.
• Commitments provide an implementation platform for international
processes
• Aichi target 15 of CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD, SDGs. etc.
• Underpinned by Forest Landscape Restoration approach

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FLR: revisiting the concept
• Long-term process to regain ecological functionality and enhance
human well-being in deforested or degraded landscapes within
biomes with the natural potential to support trees
It is not
1. just “forestry”
2. just “trees”
3. just planting “sites”
It requires
1. … integrating with other land uses
2. …delivery of a broader range of
societal benefits
3. ….a vision for a better managed
landscape

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Supporting implementation of FLR
• Restoration Opportunities Assessment
Methodology (ROAM)
• 23 countries
• ROAM consists of six main components:
1. Stakeholder engagement
2. Geospatial mapping
3. Economic analysis
4. Carbon analysis
5. Enabling conditions
6. Financial analysis

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Supporting implementation of FLR
• FLR Desk (http://www.bonnchallenge.org/FLRdesk)
• Synthesis and evidences
• Food security, enhancing resilience, green growth and
enhancing water security etc.
• Capacity building
• FLR Forum (150 participants, 24 countries), over 3000
trained on ROAM, gender responsive FLR training
• Innovative tools and methods
• Participatory radio, smart phone apps,
• Software/tools: ROOT, RESTS etc.

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Need for stronger partnerships
• The challenge is huge and what we need is stronger partnerships for
implementation to address issues such as:
• Scaling up experience/models of financing large scale restoration
• Addressing of legal and governance frameworks
• Enhancing inter-departmental cooperation and eliminating silos
• Ensuring a gender responsive FLR implementation
• And amongst us we have the tools and ability to make this possible

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www.iucn.org
www.bonnchallenge.org
http://www.bonnchallenge.org/FLRdesk
Thank you!