Africa: Greening Lands, Feeding People: UN Awards Three Restoration Flagships at UNCCD COP17
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are strengthening landscape productivity by restoring degraded ecosystems in regions facing drought, desertification, and climate change. Jointly led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization…