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To quantify the potential contribution of ELP projects to climate change mitigation and identify how each project could increase their carbon sequestration and storage benefits, while still achieving their core biodiversity goals; - To review the suitability of existing tools to assess the climate change mitigation of landscape restoration projects and select one tool for which protocols will be developed to enable projects to apply it to their own landscapes; - Develop advocacy materials to promote conservation-focused natural climate solutions at relevant climate and biodiversity events and conventions. This may include presentations at side events or consultations with country negotiators and NGOs.
Demonstrating the contribution that ecosystem restoration can make towards climate change mitigation, in addition to the biodiversity benefits that are generated, can be used in policy advocacy for landscape restoration. The results of the project will be used to promote conservation-focused natural climate solutions at key upcoming UN conferences on climate change and biodiversity. By improving understanding of the links between climate change mitigation and ecosystem integrity, this project will provide a vital hook for advocating the use of large-scale restoration as a natural climate solution with policy makers.
PDF file covering ways to enable landscape restoration projects to assess their potential climate change mitigation benefits
Projections done through climate change mitigation assessment methodology