Nature-based recovery initiative

By capitalizing on the Union’s strengths, and with the support of our Members and many others, IUCN will advocate for recovery investments to be effectively directed to nature and Nature-based Solutions (NbS).

Butterfly Photo: matthiasfr / pixabay The time is now to invest in nature. Countries are responding to the economic impacts of COVID by allocating trillions of dollars to fiscal stimulus packages and beginning to develop longer-term economic recovery programs. Governments will likely invest much more to get economies and societies back in shape over the next years. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us all to re-think the status quo, opening the door for sustained investments in nature and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to be part of the recovery. Investing in nature has immediate and long-term benefits for economic development and stability, community health and well-being as well as climate change resilience and biodiversity conservation. A nature-based recovery can also build the foundation for reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

COVID recovery and our planet’s repair can be two sides of the same coin .
UN Secretary General António Guterres

 

IUCN's goals for a nature-based recovery

Our ambition for the IUCN Nature-based Recovery initiative is to ensure that governments direct at the very least 10% of overall investments to nature and that economic investment post-COVID does no additional harm to nature and livelihoods.

Throughout 2021 and into 2022, IUCN will focus on three interlinked and complementary areas to help governments invest in a green, nature-based post-COVID recovery:

  • Expanding and sharing our understanding of the role of nature and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in recovery;
  • Assessing financial investments in recovery packages and how they can be driven to become greener and nature-positive ; and
  • Inviting and engaging with IUCN Members & partners to elevate the case for a nature-based recovery.

IUCN will update this page with additional information as it becomes available.

 

Resources

Overview

Political advocacy for nature-based post-COVID recovery

→ See the presentation (PDF)

Background

Read more about the initiative and its objectives 

→ Read the document (PDF)

Issues brief

Read about nature-based recovery, why it is important and what can be done 

→ Read the Issues brief

Social media kit

Sample posts and visual assets to promote nature-based recovery on social media 

→ Get the social media kit

 

Technical Papers

These reports consist of technical analyses for the Nature-based Recovery Initiative.

→ Report 1 COVID-19 pandemic and economy: Economic outlook, policy measures, debt distress and the role of nature
→ Report 2 Nature-based Solutions for recovery: Opportunities. policies and measures
→ Report 3 Nature-based recovery can create jobs, deliver growth and provide value for nature

Advisory Board

Read about our Advisory Board members

 

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