A global assessment released by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Convention on Biological Diversity on October 29 records restoration work underway across 252 million hectares in 149 countries.
The report says these efforts have created more than one million green jobs. It also finds that restoration is progressing unevenly, with freshwater, marine and coastal ecosystems lagging behind land-based work.
The assessment draws on government reports and restoration initiatives. Its authors caution that limited reporting may mean aquatic restoration is undercounted, and say the world is not yet on track to meet its wider 2030 goals.
The report calls for more investment and attention to ecosystems that are being restored more slowly. The figures describe work underway, not a claim that the global targets have already been met.
