Launch Ecosystem Recovery

In 2021, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has chosen the theme of World Environment Day as ‘Ecosystem Restoration’.

Theme of World Environment Day 2021: “Ecosystem Restoration”. (Photo: nationbytes.com) On June 5, 1972, on the opening day of the first World Environment Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, World Environment Day was officially proclaimed by the United Nations Environment Program. During the session on December 15, 1972, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) issued an official resolution. Since then, World Environment Day June 5 has been solemnly celebrated in more than 100 countries around the world. The purpose of World Environment Day is to focus worldwide attention on the importance of the environment and to encourage political attention and environmental action. This event makes environmental issues humane; empowering people to be active agents of equitable and sustainable development; improve communities’ understanding of the key role in changing behavior towards environmental issues; ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. 2021: Launching Ecosystem Recovery World Environment Day 2021 will see the start of the “Decade of Ecosystem Restoration”. The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying call to protect and revitalize ecosystems worldwide, for the benefit of people and nature. Ecosystems play an extremely important role in human life, providing people with invaluable benefits such as stabilizing the climate, purifying the air, providing oxygen, providing water, food, etc. medicine… In addition, ecosystems are also habitats for wildlife species. However, ecosystems are currently experiencing the fastest degradation rates in human history because they are facing enormous threats such as deforestation; water pollution of lakes, rivers and streams; wetlands become dry; coastal and marine areas are degraded and overexploited. According to the study, the degradation of land and marine ecosystems reduces the well-being of 3.2 billion people and causes an estimated 10% loss of global gross product annually due to the loss of species and ecosystem services. Currently, about 20% of the planet’s vegetation surface shows trends in productivity reductions related to erosion, depletion and pollution in all parts of the world. By 2050, degradation and climate change could reduce crop yields globally by 10% and up to 50% in some regions. In response to this situation, on March 1, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly declared the period 2021 – 2030 as the “Decade of Ecosystem Restoration” to scale up the restoration of ecosystems. degraded and destroyed ecosystems to combat the climate crisis, increase food security, water resources and biodiversity. Ecosystem Restoration means assisting in the restoration of degraded or destroyed ecosystems, as well as preserving intact ecosystems. Healthier ecosystems, with richer biodiversity, offer more benefits to humans such as more fertile soils, greater fish and wood production, and greater amounts of stored greenhouse gases. . All types of ecosystems can be restored, including forests, farmland, cities, wetlands, and oceans. Recovery initiatives can be launched by almost anyone, from governments and development agencies to businesses, communities and individuals. Because there are many and varied causes of ecosystem degradation and at different scales. The UN’s “Decade of Ecosystem Restoration” runs from 2021 to 2030, which is also the final deadline of the Sustainable Development Goals and the timeline that scientists have identified as the foundation. Last chance to avert catastrophic climate change. Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods, limit disease, combat climate change and prevent the collapse of biodiversity.