The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress

Forests possess a great variety of species, serve as carbon sinks and fulfil many other functions that must be preserved. The Bonn Challenge is the most important international initiative for forest restoration. The participating states set the goal of restoring around 150 million hectares of forest by 2020. The project uses the “Bonn Challenge” barometer of progress to develop a system to document and publish the progress of the Bonn Challenge, and to inform donors and partners about the implementation status. The barometer is being developed in six pilot countries and implemented all over the world. The methodology is used to measure progress in policy and budget commitments, technical knowledge, implementation on the ground and ‘carbon benefits’. Experiences from the pilot countries are published, and the implementation status of the Bonn Challenge, success stories and reporting are disseminated via high-profile public campaigns.

Project data

Countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United States
IKI funding: 4,579,839.00 €
Duration: 10/2016 till 11/2024
Status: completed
Implementing organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - Switzerland
Political Partner: Diverse climate change relevant institutions in the respective partner countries/Diverse klimarelevante Institutionen in den entsprechenden Partnerländern
Online: https://restorationbarometer.org/

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State of implementation/results

Restoration Barometer is one of the main monitoring tools currently used by governments to track the progress of ecosystem restoration progress.
IUCN is integrating insights and learnings from the Restoration Barometer into the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Target 2 methodology. Engagements with countries are ongoing to support them in aligning their restoration monitoring to GBF Target 2 requirements. 
In 07/2024, IUCN has signed the partnership with FAO on aligning the Restoration Barometer with FERM tools and make it consistent with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) Target 2 methodology. This agreement will enable IUCN to create knowledge products and provide technical training for governments on reporting on ecosystem restoration implementation progress toward GBF Target 2 using the Restoration Barometer. This alignment of two key tools will ensure transparent and consistent monitoring and reporting on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and KM-GBF Target 2.
IUCN actively participated in the CBD workshop Developing a Roadmap for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) Target 2 in Rome, Italy, from November 22-24, 2023. The workshop's main objective was to collaboratively build a roadmap for the KM-GBF Target 2, which sets the ambitious goal of at least 30 percent of degraded terrestrial, inland water, and marine and coastal ecosystems being under effective restoration by 2030.

Latest Update:
12/2024