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From policy insights to practical guides and monitoring tools, this center offers easy access to the knowledge and resources you need to plan, implement, and report on restoration. Search, filter, and discover resources that advance your work.

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Knowledge and Resources Hub

Welcome to the Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Program Resource Center, a dedicated hub designed to provide the tools, knowledge, and guidance needed to support impactful ecosystem restoration efforts. Here, you’ll find a comprehensive library of resources tailored to meet the needs of country teams, project leads, and stakeholders working across restoration initiatives.

Whether you’re looking for insights on policy, best practices for restoration techniques, or tools to monitor and report progress, the Resource Center is your go-to destination. With a wide range of searchable and filterable materials, we’ve made it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for to overcome challenges and achieve transformative outcomes. Explore, learn, and access the expertise you need to drive restoration forward.

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    Integrating Justice into Restoration Practice

    IUCN WCPA Technical Note on evidence-based guidance for deepening the incorporation of social justice objectives into restoration projects, including those located in and around protected and conserved areas.

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    Opportunities and Challenges for Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration in Protected and Conserved Areas

    IUCN WCPA & SSC Technical Note raising awareness of the challenges and solutions for monitoring ecosystem restoration in and around protected and conserved areas, and assisting restoration practitioners, protected area managers and other decision makers to improve the collection and use of monitoring data as part of adaptive management.

  • Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration
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    Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration

    These standards bring together best practices from a wide range of restoration activities, including sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration. It was developed through a global collaboration led by the Taskforce on Best Practices, established under the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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    Case Studies

    Protecting people and the environment: Lessons learnt from Brazil's Bolsa Verde, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and 56 other experiences

    Overview of 56 integrated social-environmental PES programmes in 19 Global South countries

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    PPC Guidelines: TREE RESTORATION MONITORING FRAMEWORK: FIELD TEST EDITION

    The PPC Program’s monitoring framework tracks progress by measuring changes in ecosystem integrity, socio-economics, and carbon sequestration linked to its interventions

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    Case Studies

    Payments for Ecosystem Services: Background Information and Evaluation of Case Studies

    Payments for Ecosystem Services: Background Information and Evaluation of Case Studies

  • IUCN WCPA Justice Technical Note Cover
    Guidelines

    Integrating Justice into Restoration Practice

    IUCN WCPA Technical Note on evidence-based guidance for deepening the incorporation of social justice objectives into restoration projects, including those located in and around protected and conserved areas.

  • IUCN WCPA Monitoring Opp.s & Challenges Cover
    Guidelines

    Opportunities and Challenges for Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration in Protected and Conserved Areas

    IUCN WCPA & SSC Technical Note raising awareness of the challenges and solutions for monitoring ecosystem restoration in and around protected and conserved areas, and assisting restoration practitioners, protected area managers and other decision makers to improve the collection and use of monitoring data as part of adaptive management.

  • Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration
    Guidelines

    Standards of Practice to Guide Ecosystem Restoration

    These standards bring together best practices from a wide range of restoration activities, including sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration. It was developed through a global collaboration led by the Taskforce on Best Practices, established under the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

  • Pes
    Case Studies

    Protecting people and the environment: Lessons learnt from Brazil's Bolsa Verde, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and 56 other experiences

    Overview of 56 integrated social-environmental PES programmes in 19 Global South countries

  • CI ppc
    Reports

    PPC Guidelines: TREE RESTORATION MONITORING FRAMEWORK: FIELD TEST EDITION

    The PPC Program’s monitoring framework tracks progress by measuring changes in ecosystem integrity, socio-economics, and carbon sequestration linked to its interventions

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    Case Studies

    Payments for Ecosystem Services: Background Information and Evaluation of Case Studies

    Payments for Ecosystem Services: Background Information and Evaluation of Case Studies