Webinar Series: A decision support platform for spatial optimisation planning of forest ecosystem restoration
The International Institute for Sustainability Australia (IIS AU), will organize a series of four webinars to gather views on the development of a decision-support platform for spatial optimization planning of forest ecosystem restoration - take the chance to participate in this!
Background
The need to further develop the capacity, in particular, of developing country Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to undertake quantitative, spatially-explicit assessments of restoration opportunities was highlighted in the Pan-African Action Agenda on Ecosystem Restoration for Increased Resilience, adopted in November 2018. The Action Agenda mentions that by 2025 “relevant tools, technologies and innovative solutions developed or mobilized and made available to assist Member States and partners to effectively design, implement, monitor and report on ecosystem restoration initiatives” and that “land and ecosystem restoration should maximise multiple benefits (biodiversity, resilience to climate change and climate change mitigation/adaptation, economic and livelihood benefits)”. Further, the Conference of the Parties in its decision XIII/5, requested the Executive Secretary to support the efforts of Parties in making use of the short-term action plan on ecosystem restoration by, inter alia, supporting the use of tools in collaboration with relevant partners and initiatives.
Since 2019 the International Institute for Sustainability Australia (IIS AU) and the International Institute for Sustainability Rio (IIS Rio) have partnered with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other stakeholders to streamline access to spatial optimisation planning for forest ecosystem restoration. The aim of this project is to offer to all developing country Parties to the CBD with tropical forest, a decision support platform (DSP) for multi-purpose spatial optimisation planning of forest ecosystem restoration, and to support countries in formulating more ambitious, realistic and specific tropical forest ecosystem restoration plans and targets within their global commitments. The development of this project is generously supported by the European Union and by the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI) which is supported by the Korea Forest Service of the Republic of Korea.
We hope that WePlan – Forests, a decision support platform for spatial optimisation planning of forest ecosystem restoration, can equip Parties to develop optimised, outcome-based national targets on forest ecosystem restoration that will directly support the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and related Sustainable Development Goals.
Objectives
The main goal of this series of webinars is to promote the uptake of the science in which the DSP is based by potential users (especially CBD focal points or government representatives). Further, it aims to get feedback from the participants to improve the DSP interface and the training itself, and to tailor the platform to the needs of users. Lastly, it aims to produce training material that will be made available within the DSP for future users, and to showcase the platform.
webinar series
The webinars will be realised through a teleconferencing system (ZOOM), at a time viable for most African and American countries to take part (10:30 a.m. GMT-3). Later, they will be presented again at a time viable for participation of countries from Asia and Oceania, with another round of Q&A session at the end (2:00 p.m. GMT+10). The live sessions and the Q&A sessions will be in English, with simultaneous translation in French and Spanish.
more information can be found here:
https://www.iis-au.org/news/events-webinars/
For the webinar series registration, please click on the link below. Registered participants will receive a link to access the webinar.
