Over 20 Countries Come Together to Exchange Knowledge
Around 120 government representatives, practitioners and partners will use the five-day gathering to exchange knowledge, share solutions and learn from restoration experiences across countries. Discussions will focus on some of the practical challenges countries face in moving restoration from commitments to implementation, including community engagement, monitoring, sustainable finance, restoration approaches and private-sector participation.
Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by Conservation International, ERIP supports participating countries in scaling restoration. Together, ERIP countries aim to bring 1.7 million hectares under restoration, while strengthening the knowledge, partnerships and approaches needed to scale impact.
Hosted in partnership with South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the conference will also provide an opportunity to learn from South Africa’s work on peatland and wetland restoration.
At the heart of the conference is country-to-country learning: connecting restoration experience across regions so that lessons, solutions and innovations developed in one landscape can help advance restoration in others.