Bianca Jagger
Iucn Bonn Challenge Ambassador @IUCN
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Iucn Bonn Challenge Ambassador @IUCN
Since 2012 the BJHRF and I have been working with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to promote the Bonn Challenge. I am the IUCN Ambassador for the Bonn Challenge for Landscape Restoration, the largest restoration initiative the world has ever seen. The objective of the Bonn Challenge is to restore 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land across the world by 2020. There are 2 billion hectares of degraded and deforested land across the world with potential for restoration, an area the size of the entire continent of South America. Restoring 150 million hectares would capture 47 Gigatonnes of CO2, and reduce the emissions gap by 17%. Forest restoration is invaluable in the race to tackle climate change.Already more than 51 million hectares of land have been committed to the Bonn Challenge from the following countries: United States, Rwanda, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the Brazilian Mata Atlantica Restoration Pact, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Niger, Colombia, Ethiopia and Guatemala.The Bonn Challenge was launched at a ministerial event hosted by the German government and IUCN in 2011 to provide an implementation platform for international commitments including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Aichi Target 15, the REDD+ goal and the Rio+20 land degradation target. Restoration of degraded and deforested lands is not simply about planting trees. People and communities are at the heart of the restoration effort, which transforms barren or degraded areas of land into healthy, fertile working landscapes. Restored land can be put to a mosaic of uses such as agriculture, protected wildlife reserves, ecological corridors, regenerated forests, managed plantations, agroforestry systems and river or lakeside plantings to protect waterways.
EDUCATION
La Inmaculada
Baccalaureate (Bachillerato)
SKILLS
ABOUT BIANCA JAGGER
Bianca Jagger is a voice for the most vulnerable members of society, she campaigns for…
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