- Share international experiences on successful ecosystems restoration initiatives and promote evolutive quality scientific research and field experiments in order to provide sound factual knowledge.
- Analyse the conditions for the projects to be scaled up and replicated elsewhere.
- Help the comprehension of adapted regulatory frameworks to facilitate the implementation of such landscape-scale projects.
- Foster in-depth dialogue and promoting the exchange of ideas among restoration practitioners, policy makers, scientific experts, funding agencies, public and private operators, multilateral institutions, NGOs and local communities’ representatives.
- Highlight the potential of large-scale restoration projects in terms of ecosystems preservation, climate mitigation or adaptation and development.
- Contribute to informing policy makers on the conditions to develop successful experiences in order to assist decision-making.
- Support the implementation of the CBD Aichi targets, the Bonn Challenge and the framing of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
29 - 30 MAY 2014
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ECOSYSTEMS, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY:
HOW LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION CAN STIMULATE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
MAIN OBJECTIVES
Organizers
The Conference has been proposed by
Veolia Institute
Veolia Institute, environmental think tank dedicated to promoting foresight reflection on interactions between society and the environment
US Water Science and Technology Board
US Water Science and Technology Board, established in the US National Research Council, to provide a focal point for studies related to water resources
Agence Française De Développement
The financial institution and main implementing agency for France’s official development assistance to developing countries and overseas territories
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world's oldest and largest global environmental network
ORGANIZERS
ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
