Initiative 20x20
Bringing 20 million hectares of degraded land in Latin America and the Caribbean into restoration by 2020.
Initiative 20x20 is a country-led effort to bring 20 million hectares of land in Latin America and the Caribbean into restoration by 2020. The initiative—launched formally at COP 20 in Lima—will support the Bonn Challenge, a global commitment to restore 150 million hectares of land around the world by 2020 and the New York Declaration on Forests that seeks to restore 350 million hectares by 2030.
WRI, in association with CATIE, CIAT, and IUCN, supports Initiative 20x20 through our Global Restoration Initiative. WRI facilitates the dialogue between governments, civil society, and the private sector to build an effective coalition that can achieve the initiative’s goals.
Watch a short video about Initiative 20x20: "Witness to Restoration".
Watch Initiative 20x20 partners and investors discuss "putting restoration pledges into practice" at the Global Landscapes Forum, COP21, Paris.
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Craig Hanson
Global Director, Food, Forests, and Water Programs -
James Anderson
Communications Manager, Forests Program -
Christopher Delgado
Senior Fellow -
Sean DeWitt
Director, Global Restoration Initiative -
Kevin Faragher
Grants and Finance Coordinator -
Maria Franco Chuaire
Associate II, Initiative 20x20 -
Luciana Gallardo Lomeli
Research Analyst, Initiative 20x20 -
Jared Messinger
Manager, Global Restoration Initiative -
Courtney Romolt
Intern, Initiative 20x20 -
Taryn Staples
Grants and Finance Associate -
Walter Vergara
Senior Fellow -
René Zamora Cristales
Associate, Initiative 20x20