Top government, business and civil society leaders from several countries, including India, have formed a unique alliance to deal with climate change and launched an ambitious programme to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded land within nine years by 2020. The alliance was formed at the two-day conference on climate change organised jointly by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)and the German Ministry for Environment in the city of Bonn,Germany. The meet title was 'Bonn Challenge on Forests, Climate Change and Bio-diversity' .Main aim is to get support from government, business and civil society leaders for forest conservation efforts and thereby helping to reduce global warming.
The year 2011 has been marked as the international year of forests.
The main purpose of the the event was to apply forest and landscape restoration as a means of implementing existing international commitments on both climate change and biodiversity, integrated through national REDD+ strategies.
The participants pledged to work together to stop rapidly expanding deforestation and reverse the loss and degradation of forests in an area equivalent to half the size of Asia till 2020.
They also agreed to seek active participation of governments, business and industry, NGOs, environmental organisations and the local communities in their campaign.
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IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.
Ashok Khosla, President of IUCN
IUCN is the world's oldest organisation for conservation of nature.
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