RT Report T1 Restoring mountain ecosystems: Challenges, case studies and recommendations for implementing the UN Decade Principles for Mountain Ecosystem Restoration A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, K1 mountain ecosystem K1 land restoration K1 flora restoration K1 fauna restoration PB United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations SN 978-92-5-138453-4 SN 978-92-807-4107-0 YR 2023 FD 2023-12 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/44341 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/44341 NO This publication, jointly developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at FAO and UNEP, analyses severalmountain ecosystem restoration projects and recommends how the UN Decade’s Ten Principles for EcosystemRestoration can be applied to mountain ecosystems. Mountain restoration success stories from initiatives that havebeen selected or shortlisted as the UN Decade’s World Restoration Flagships are also highlighted. As the theme of thisyear’s International Mountain Day 2023 is “Restoring Mountain Ecosystems”, this publication provides an importantcontribution, in addition to celebrating the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions 2023–2027. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026