Convening for Restoration
Bringing together experts to overcome barriers to large-scale restoration.
Restoration can tackle biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change while supporting ecosystem services and improving people’s lives. To realise its full potential, restoration needs collaboration across sectors and scales. Yet in Europe, progress has often been slowed by three challenges: limited funding, conflicting stakeholder interests and a lack of supportive policy frameworks.
This project brought together organisations and experts to find practical ways to overcome these barriers. By connecting restoration practitioners, policymakers and financial specialists, it created new opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange.
What the project did
Led by UNEP-WCMC, BirdLife International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the project worked through three taskforces focused on finance, stakeholder engagement and policy.
The Finance for Restoration Taskforce united experts to share ideas on unlocking both public and private investment. Insights from these discussions shaped the Restoration Project Developers’ Playbook on Private Finance, a practical guide to designing investable restoration projects.
The Stakeholder Engagement Taskforce hosted workshops on inclusive collaboration and conflict management. These informed the development of Just and Effective Engagement in Landscape Restoration, guidance that helps practitioners build equitable partnerships and strengthen community participation.
Outputs
Restoration project developers’ playbook on private finance and webinar
Practical guidance for restoration teams exploring private finance options, supported by a launch webinar that introduced the Playbook and showcased examples from across Europe.
Restoration Project Developers’ Playbook on Private Finance
Webinar: Launch of the Restoration Project Developers’ Playbook on Private Finance (Europe)
Just and effective engagement in landscape restoration and webinar
Guidance and training materials on fostering inclusive engagement and managing conflict, accompanied by a webinar sharing lessons and case studies from restoration practitioners.
Just and effective engagement in landscape restoration
Just and Effective Engagement in Restoration Webinar
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