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<span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; color: black;">The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is launching a global online survey “<b>Taking Stock of Global Capacity for Ecosystems Restoration”<span class="x_xapple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"> </span></b>to
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; color: black;">All stakeholders involved in restoration are welcome to participate to this assessment.</span></b><span class="x_xapple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; color: black;">The
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">El Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Restauración de los Ecosistemas está lanzando una encuesta mundial en línea titulada "<b>Evaluación global de las capacidades para la restauración de ecosistemas</b>", con el
fin de identificar qué y de quién son las capacidades que deben fortalecerse para lograr los objetivos del Decenio. Esta encuesta fue desarrollada conjuntamente por una coalición de 38 organizaciones, bajo el liderazgo de la FAO.</span></p>
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<b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Todos los actores involucrados en la restauración pueden participar en esta evaluación.</span></b><span class="x_apple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">La
encuesta está disponible en inglés, francés, español, portugués, chino, árabe y ruso. Completarla le llevará unos 15 minutos. La encuesta permanecerá abierta hasta el 15 de abril de 2021.</span></p>
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