A million jobs have thus been created, with the objective of reaching 32 million jobs by 2030. But the pace of restoration efforts must still triple to reach the objectives set at one billion hectares, the report figures.
This represents the size of a territory like Algeria or Argentina, specify the United Nations. In addition to the restoration of nature, which may consist, for example, of replanting trees, the progress observed in this report has also made it possible to increase the number of dedicated jobs.
Nature restoration efforts recorded in 149 countries were mainly carried out on terrestrial areas, with 232 million hectares concerned, compared to 11 million hectares for inland waters, and 5.7 million hectares for marine and coastal waters.