
The importance of restoration is increasingly recognized as healthy ecosystems can sustain humanity's economic development and well-being by providing ecosystem services and serve as a critical buffer against climate impacts. However, many pledges for ecosystem restoration remain unfunded.
This report provides an overview of the current challenges to and opportunities for increasing investment in restoration. It finds that restoration has enormous potential to generate market and non-market benefits for different types of investors and monetizing the value of ecosystem services will be key to unlocking more sources of private investment. It looks at approaches to financing restoration taken by public, private or non-profit actors and the potential for these to be replicated or scaled.
The report also lays out a draft roadmap of actions the UN Decade Finance Task Force (FTF) will take to overcome challenges and contribute to scaling investment in restoration.