拉丁美洲和加勒比海包含世界上一些最有价值的森林生态系统,提供了世界27%的森林。尽管它们的重要性,但有20%的森林土地严重退化,另有20%的森林土地完全被森林砍伐。结果:该地区损坏了超过6.5亿公顷的景观,威胁着依靠它们的社区和国家。

Initiative 20x20is an effort led by17 countries试图通过开始保护和恢复5000万公顷的森林农场,牧场和其他景观,以改变拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区的土地退化动态。总共,这是法国规模的土地。

As the initiative’s Secretariat, World Resources Institute works to boost investment in restoration through national investor roundtables and theLand Acceleratorentrepreneur training program. It provides key technical support to member countries to help them plan restoration programs, create public policies through theRestoration Policy Accelerator并通过诸如Sustainability Index for Restoration.The team also produces and communicates cutting-edge research on topics from经济分析tonative tree species.

The initiative — launched formally at COP 20 in Lima — supports the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests, two global initiatives that are encouraging countries to restore 350 million hectares by 2030.

Initiative 20x20 is supported by more than 120 technical organizations and institutions, as well as a coalition of impact investors and private funds deploying $2.5 billion in private investment. With that funding, the Initiative’s partnersrun dozens of successful projects.


Watch a short video about Initiative 20x20: "Witness to Restoration"

我们的合作伙伴告诉倡议20x20为什么在拉丁美洲建立恢复运动是一项义务