SESSION
Session 22: (Part one) Transformative Forest and Landscape Restoration to achieve the SDGs – Research, theory and practice (SDG 15, 2)
This session will discuss the potential Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) pathways to advancing sustainable transformation and achieving the SDGs based on research and experiences from across the global tropics. We will also discuss fundamental questions such as ‘What functions to restore and for whom?’ or ‘How can we ensure truly transformative FLR with outcomes that are sustainable in the long term
- Lars Laestadius (SLU, Sweden): Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) – Requirements and opportunities for a globally meaningful response to Agenda 2030.
- Leigh A. Winowiecki (CIFOR-ICRAF, Kenya): The power of data-driven networks for effective implementation and monitoring of land restoration
- Madelon Lohbeck (Wageningen University, The Netherlands): Natural regeneration as a nature-based solution to restoring degraded lands
- Aida Bargues Tobella (SLU, Sweden): Transformative trees - Impacts of tree-based restoration on water security
- Asmamaw Alemu (University of Gondar, Ethiopia): Market Driven Afforestation – Charcoal Value Chain Drives Rapid Afforestation
- Erik Karltun (SLU, Sweden): Commercial forestry for sustainable development - Catalyzing the forest sector development in Ethiopia
- Dennis Garrity (CIFOR-ICRAF & WRI, Kenya): Restoration that puts people first: It’s the only way to succeed
Speakers
Aida Bargues Tobella
Researcher at the Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Dennis Garrity
Drylands Ambassador for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification | EverGreen Agriculture Partnership Chair, ICRAF
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