[PCA] 2021-2030: IUCN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration & the National Seed Strategy

[De Angelis, Patricia]

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2021-2030 to be the UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration! The effort sets the world on a course to
massively scale up the restoration of degraded ecosystems and halt further
degradation to fight the climate crisis, enhance food security and water
supply, and protect biodiversity. IUCN is already taking steps to meet this
challenge. "Ecosystem restoration is a process of reversing the degradation
of ecosystems, such as landscapes, lakes and oceans to regain their
ecological functionality – in other words, to improve the productivity and
capacity of ecosystems to meet the needs of society."  More information:
https://bit.ly/2Chgcqw

The United States is already taking steps to meet this challenge through
the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>.
Developed by the Plant Conservation Alliance (an interagency,
federal/nonfederal collaboration), the Seed Strategy will help guide
ecological restoration across large landscapes of the United States,
especially lands damaged by rangeland fires, invasive species, severe
storms and drought. The first report to assess progress on this national
effort was released in late 2018. The document, National Seed Strategy:
Making Progress
<https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/uploads/NationalSeedStrategy_MakingProgress_2018.pdf>,
highlights work being done to address each goal of the Seed Strategy,
followed by ecoregional projects that illustrate the extent of
collaborations that are underway to lay the foundation for a more
comprehensive network of collectors, testers, and growers to make native
plants more available across the country.
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