Término preferido
2.1 Area under restoration
Tipo
- Indicator
Definición
- Ecosystem restoration: Within the UN Decade, ecosystem restoration is defined as: ”The process of halting and reversing degradation, resulting in improved ecosystem services and recovered biodiversity. Ecosystem restoration encompasses a wide continuum of practices, depending on local conditions and societal choice.” (UNEP, 2021). Within the CBD Global Biodiversity Framework, ecosystem restoration is described as follows (CBD, 2021): “Restoration may include: (a) restoring converted areas back to natural states; (b) improving the ecological integrity of degraded natural areas; and (c) rehabilitating converted and degraded areas (e.g. degraded agricultural lands) to improve both productivity and integrity.” Ecological restoration: Ecological restoration is a type of ecosystem restoration. According to CBD (2016), it is defined as: “The process of managing or assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed as a means of sustaining ecosystem resilience and conserving biodiversity.” The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) defines ecological restoration as: “The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. (Ecosystem restoration is sometimes used inter-changeably with ecological restoration, but ecological restoration always addresses biodiversity conservation and ecological integrity, whereas some approaches to ecosystem restoration may focus solely on the delivery of ecosystem services.)” (Gann et al. 2019). The CBD Secretariat and SER have provided a glossary to help distinguish different versions of restoration and explain how they intersect (CBD Secretariat and SER, 2019). Rehabilitation: SER defines rehabilitation as “Management actions that aim to reinstate a level of ecosystem functioning on degraded sites, where the goal is renewed and ongoing provision of ecosystem services rather than the biodiversity and integrity of a designated native reference ecosystem” (Gann et al. 2019). Rehabilitation is a type of ecosystem restoration. Ecosystem rehabilitation is focused on restoring and improving functions within transformed ecosystems, while ecological restoration is focused on restoration to a natural state. Effective restoration: Draft definition provided by SER: “Effective Restoration is standards-based restoration that results in net gain for biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, and/or human well-being and is assessed against clear goals and objectives using measurable indicators. Different types of restoration will achieve different levels of outcomes for the key elements of Target 2: to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity”. Effective restoration is defined as restoration that achieves and maintains the short, medium and long-term goals of restoration, that are explicitly defined and measurable.
Concepto genérico
Fuente
- https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-16/cop-16-dec-31-en.pdf
En otras lenguas
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URI
http://metadata.cbd.int/kmgbf/indicator_2.1