It’s time for a global landscape restoration revolution
July 23, 2014
Devex
It’s time for a global landscape restoration revolution
by Monique Barbut and Andrew Steer
Read about regeneration techniques, including FMNR, which are being used around the world to promote reforestation. This article discusses the important relationship between food security and restoring degraded land in developing countries. It also dispels some of the common myths around regeneration. This article argues that rapid action and government support is integral to continue support of movements such as FMNR.
Monique Barbut is executive secretary of the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification since Oct. 2013
Andrew Steer is the president and CEO of the World Resources Institute