FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION (FLR) AND BONN CHALLENGE

Question 1

context

Answer 1

project on enhancing capacity on forest landscape restoration (FLR) and Bonn Challenge in India, through a pilot phase of 3.5 years

Question 2

What is Bonn Challenge?

Answer 2

-Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into
restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030

-The 2020 target was launched at Bonn in 2011 organised by the Government of Germany and IUCN, and was later endorsed and extended to 2030 by the New York Declaration on Forests of the 2014 UN Climate Summit.

-Bonn Challenge is an implementation vehicle for national priorities such as water and food security and
rural development while simultaneously helping countries contribute to the achievement of international
climate change, biodiversity and land degradation commitments.

Question 3

What is FLR approach?

Answer 3

• process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded forest landscapes.
• restoring a whole landscape to meet present and future needs