International
Climate Initiative (IKI)

The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress

As of: March 2019

Objective and activities

The Bonn Challenge, conceived in 2011, is the most important international initiative to restore the world’s deforested and degraded land. Participating governments and jurisdictions set the goal to restore 150 million ha of forest by 2020. With the Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress, this project helps to develop a yet missing system to monitor the Bonn Challenge’s implementation progress in terms of policy and budget commitments, technical knowledge and on-the-ground progress, and to inform pledgers and partners to accelerate action and address implementation bottlenecks. It is implemented in six pilot countries and on a global scale. Biennial progress reports on lessons-learned in pilot countries and success stories are published online. An outreach campaign assists stakeholders to prepare new commitments and facilitates implementation of on-the-ground action.

State of implementation/results

The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress Spotlight Report 2017 was launched during the 2017 Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany. The Spotlight report shares the Barometer’s framework and provides a snapshot of progress in achieving Bonn Challenge Commitments on the ground in the pilot countries. The Bonn Challenge Barometer’s protocol (conceptual framework) is now in implementation phase in five of the six pilot countries.

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