{"id":12553,"date":"2021-06-29T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:30:12","slug":"investing-in-restoration-is-a-smart-economic-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/en\/investing-in-restoration-is-a-smart-economic-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in restoration is a smart economic decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanity has already exceeded the amount of services that nature can sustainably provide by almost 60%, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/pt-br\/resources\/ecosystem-restoration-people-nature-climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest report<\/a> by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) . To reverse this dramatic picture, the UN launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.decadeonrestoration.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration<\/a> (2021\/2030).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>See how far we have reached with the overexploitation of ecosystems:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Land degradation affects nearly 2 billion hectares (an area larger than South America) and harms the well-being of 3.2 billion people, around 40% of humanity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the next 25 years, land degradation could reduce global food productivity by up to 12%, leading to a 30% increase in world food prices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last century, half of all wetlands on the planet have been destroyed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost 50% of coral reefs have already been lost and up to 90% could be lost by 2050.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Source: ONU)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>And the harm that this brings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, the world loses ecosystem services that are worth more than 10% of global economic output.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every three seconds, the world loses enough forest area to cover a football field. Each year, there are 10 million hectares, an area equivalent to the size of Iceland \u2013 with this, 12% to 20% of global <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO\u2082<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emissions are not absorbed by the forest and are released into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Source: ONU)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing in restoration is a smart economic decision. <strong>Restoring degraded areas creates jobs, rebuilds livelihoods, <a href=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/en\/brcarbon-develops-a-reforestation-project-in-serra-da-mantiqueira\/\">removes carbon from the atmosphere<\/a>, mitigates climate change, restores nature&#8217;s defenses against extreme weather events and disasters, and recreates a natural protection against zoonotic diseases.<\/strong> Furthermore, according to the UN, it accelerates progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2070 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Check out some examples of what restoration can provide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 (an area the size of India) could reverse the presence of between 13 and 26 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combined with halting new conversions of natural ecosystems, restoration could help prevent 60% of predicted biodiversity extinctions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerging business opportunities across nature could create 191 million jobs by 2030.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: ONU)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address the triple threat of climate change, loss of nature and pollution, the report recommends <strong>restoring at least 1 billion degraded hectares of land over the next decade<\/strong> (an area the size of China). The overall costs of this restoration \u2013 not including the costs of restoring marine ecosystems \u2013 are estimated to be at least US$ 200 billion a year through 2030. However, according to the report, countries spend between US$ 4 to 6 trillion a year in subsidies for activities that harm the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UN Secretary General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, recognizes that \u201cthe task is colossal\u201d. But he points out that it will help eliminate poverty and hunger, creating millions of new jobs and generating a return of more than US$ 7 billion each year through 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The #RestorationGeneration movement can directly benefit Brazil. With an important share of reforestation, soil management and agriculture, the country concentrates 20% of global opportunities in <a href=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/en\/nbs\">Nature Based Solutions<\/a> (NbS), which are measures and actions that aim to use ecosystem services to solve environmental problems , social and economic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brcarbon.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Invest in ecosystem recovery. Do the math:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 could generate US$ 9 trillion in ecosystem services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring degraded land can generate an extra US$ 1.4 trillion in agricultural production each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For every dollar invested in restoration, you can expect anywhere from US$ 7 to US$ 30 in return to society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: ONU)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humanity has already exceeded the amount of services that nature can sustainably provide by almost 60%, according to the latest report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) . 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