Areal view of a wetland with elephants walking through it

Promote the protection, restoration and management of ecosystems

  • Ecosystems
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Ecosystem Protection
  • Ecosystem Restoration

Civil society organisations need to promote the protection, restoration and management of ecosystems to increase awareness of the role of ecosystems in increasing resilience to climate change

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Ecosystem Management
Themes
Protect, manage and restore wildlife and ecosystems to increase biodiversity and ensure the production of ecosystem services
Sub themes
Protect and restore ecosystems on the basis of scientific knowledge and promote protection actions
Stakeholder group
  • Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
Task/Job
  • Ecosystem protection and management for resilience
Pain
  • Deforestation and destruction of ecosystems
  • Poor ecosystem management
Gain
  • Ecosystem protection and management as strategy for resilience to climate change
  • Ecosystem resilience through conservation and restoration
  • Integrated land management
Simplified climate and water scenarios
  • Dryer
  • Sea-level rise
  • Wetter
  • Wetter & Dryer