The combined impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss land degradation and conflict are increasing at alarming levels. These biophysical transformations are themselves the product of human activities and population growth, and urbanization imposes enormous pressures on terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
This working paper proposes an urban-rural linkage perspective in relation to land and ecosystem restoration at a time of heightened urgency on multiple fronts at local, national and international levels.
Analysing case studies from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, France, Italy, South Korea, India, Kenya, Uganda and Cameroon, the report concentrates on selected local and subnational approaches that have galvanized action and are important to mainstreaming restoration even when the challenges and resulting priorities are understood in different terms.