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18/12/22 12:40 PM IST

World’s Top 10 Restoration Project Flagships

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  • The United Nations (UN) recognized Kazakhstan’s vast grassland restoration initiative as one of the top 10 World Restoration Flagship programs during the 2022 Montreal Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) recently.
About the programme
  • World Restoration Flagships of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration are the winning ecosystem restoration initiatives that are recognized by the United Nations.
  • They are recognized for promoting the best practices of large-scale and long-term ecosystem restoration while also embodying the Ten Restoration Principles of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
  • Unit 2030, regular calls for World Restoration Flagships will be launched.
  • These initiatives are eligible for receiving UN-backed promotion, advice, or funding.
  • They were chosen under the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
About the initiative
  • The Altyn Dala (golden steppe) Conservation Initiative aims to conserve and restore steppe, semi-desert, and desert ecosystems across the historical range of the Saiga antelope, which was under threat of extinction due to hunting and loss of habitat.
  • The Kazakh government allocated an area of 750,000 km2 to create a haven for endangered animals.
  • The initiative helped bring the Saiga population from just 50,000 in 2005 to more than 1.3 million in 2022.
  • The return of the Saiga antelope to Central Asia is one of the world’s great conservation success stories and so worthy of being included in the inaugural World Restoration Flagships.
  • It is a stellar example of what humanity can do when we act decisively to restore vulnerable ecosystems.
  • The Altyn Dala initiative was co-founded in 2008 and is coordinated by the Kazakh Ministry of Ecology.
The ten World Restoration Flagships are-
  • Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact (Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina), Abu Dhabi Marine Restoration (UAE), Great Green Wall (African Union), Namami Gange (India),
  • Multi-Country Mountain Initiative (Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and Rwanda), Small Island Developing States Restoration Drive (Vanuatu, St Lucia and Comoros),
  • Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative (Kazakhstan), Central American Dry Corridor (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama),
  • Building with Nature (Indonesia), and Shan-Shui Initiative (China).
Source- Hindustan Times

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