Blog Posts: landscape restoration

In two of Indonesia's prized parks, forest restoration only took off when drivers of degradation were addressed. In one instance, that meant providing affordable health care.

We need to accelerate our climate action. Virtuous cycles between levels of government are already speeding the pace of progress and innovation.

Transforming the way the world eats is the forgotten solution for achieving major economic and climate gains.

Countries are joining the restoration movement, and especially the Bonn Challenge. But few have yet aligned their restoration and climate commitments. Doing so would make the planet greener—and the air cleaner—faster.

Read Anindita Prabawati, a Young Researcher at WRI Indonesia, about her experience in contrasting her assumption and reality during field research.

Indonesia sees more than 24 million hectares of degraded land, equivalent to almost twice the size of England, with such large size of degraded land, restoration is inevitable. But, we could save 2 million hectares of degraded land with good data. Read more in this article.

New research from WRI and others shows that stopping deforestation, restoring forests and improving forestry practices could cost-effectively remove 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, or as much as eliminating 1.5 billion cars.

New WRI research examined businesses that are part of the burgeoning "new restoration economy." The results were clear: Restoring degraded landscapes can yield big returns.

Research shows that every $1 invested in restoring degraded land generates an estimated $7–$30 in economic benefits, including improved food production, carbon sequestration, and water quality.

The Government of Indonesia deserves high praise for its numerous commitments to protect and restore peatland over the past several years. At the start of this year, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) announced the Ministerial Regulation No. 40/2017 regarding government facilitation of Industrial Tree Concessions (HTI) within the framework of the management and protection of peat ecosystems.