Suryaa Now International Desk: The world's countries are taking steps to protect the planet's deteriorating ecosystems and restore ecological balance... The United Nations (UN) has called for the countries of the world to step up their efforts to protect the planet's deteriorating ecosystems and restore ecological balance. According to a recent report released jointly by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), although land and water resource restoration works have started on 252 million hectares in 149 countries around the world, the pace is insufficient to meet environmental goals. It is clear that there is a need to scale up restoration efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
Although the initiatives undertaken as part of the 'Ecosystem Restoration Decade (2021-2030)' concept announced by the United Nations are showing results, the main target is to restore a degraded land area equal to the area of China by 2030. The report suggests active participation of governments as well as the private sector and local civil society in programs such as afforestation, protection of coastal areas, restoration of rivers and wetlands. Experts explain with statistics that the economic and social benefits of investments in environmental restoration are ten times greater than their costs. The UN representatives stated that the conservation of ecosystems plays a key role in mitigating the threat of climate change and resilience to disasters.
Delays in preventing land degradation could triple the cost, he warned. In this context, the United Nations asked the countries of the world not to limit themselves to mere guarantees, but to increase the allocation of funds and implement reconstruction projects on a war footing. This topic will be the main topic of discussion at the upcoming global climate summits.