Leading the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030: A Multi-Partner Trust Fund - Programme Document

This programme document outlines a five-year global funding framework designed to support the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from December 2021 to December 2025. It sets out the context, rationale and structure for a multi-partner trust fund led by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, focusing on developing countries eligible for development assistance. The document analyses the scale, drivers and impacts of global ecosystem degradation and presents ecosystem restoration as the preferred response. It describes an integrated approach built around three outcomes: building a global restoration movement, strengthening national and local capacity for policy reform and investment, and establishing systems to monitor and report restoration progress.