RT null T1 A Strategy for Engagement: The Role of Faith Leaders and Faith-Based Organisations in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) - Faith for Earth Initiative A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 nature conservation K1 ecosystem restoration SN Not Available YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34944 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34944 NO This document outlines UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative’s plan to mobilize faith leaders and organizations to advance the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration by leveraging their landholdings, influence, and networks across societies. It diagnoses six systemic barriers to large-scale restoration—awareness, investment priorities, enabling policy, technical capacity, finance, and research—and proposes three pathways: build a peer-driven global movement, foster political will, and catalyze science and capacity for restoration at scale. The document links restoration to multiple SDGs, details ten priority actions, and illustrates faith-based engagement through efforts such as the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative, green houses of worship, and support for landscape programs like the Great Green Wall. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026