Reports and Indices

UN Report on Nature Restoration

November 2 , 2026 13 hrs 0 min 40 0

The United Nations (UN) released the report “Nature’s Comeback – Scaling Ecosystem Restoration for People and Planet”.
Only 252 million hectares (25%) of the 1 billion hectares committed globally have been documented as under ecosystem restoration; countries must triple their efforts to meet 2030 targets.
The report assesses progress under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), which aims to restore at least 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030.
Terrestrial ecosystems account for 92% of documented restoration, followed by freshwater ecosystems (4%) and marine and coastal ecosystems (2%).
Asia leads with 185 million hectares under restoration, including 127.4 million hectares in China.
Around 63% of remaining freshwater wetlands and 60–66% of marine and coastal ecosystems are degraded; documented restoration activities do not necessarily mean that ecosystems have recovered.