About this Event

The Australian Government committed to 6 National Targets to support the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

A key national target is Priority degraded areas are under effective restoration by 2030.

To achieve this target, Australia needs a coordinated, specific and measurable national restoration plan that identifies priority degraded areas, clearly defines effective restoration, is integrated with conservation, inclusive of all stakeholders, based on partnerships and incorporates a ‘whole-of-society' approach.

To help address these challenges and chart a way forward, the Australian Committee for IUCN (ACIUCN) convened a 2-day workshop bringing together our members, associates, experts from conservation, science and finance sectors, practitioners, First Nations Peoples and policy makers.

Together, we identified restoration priorities, gaps, needs, values, principles, tools and approaches to create a roadmap of recommended actions for the effective restoration of priority degraded ecosystems in Australia.

Attendees at this pivotal Ecosystem Restoration Workshop were invited to:

• Identify priority degraded areas in Australia.

• Share and review current knowledge and frameworks for ecosystem restoration, identifying barriers, gaps and needs.

• Make recommendations for defining effective restoration in an Australian context.

• Contribute to a proposed system of values, principles, tools and approaches to prioritize ecosystems for effective restoration, including the need to partner with First Nations people.

• Identify financial mechanisms to build capacity, support and scale-up restoration.

• Help build a roadmap of recommended actions for Australia to achieve our national restoration target.

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A key output of the event will be a synthesis report of insights and recommendations. The report is due for publication in March-April 2025.

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​Development of this Workshop was guided by an organising committee consisting of:

• Patrick O'Connor - Chair National Landcare Network, Restoration Decade Alliance representative

• Mary-Anne Healy - Director, Climate Change, Flood Risk & Coast, South Australia Department for Environment and Water

• Erica McCreedy - Chief Operating Officer NAILSMA (North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance); 

• Sarah Terkes - ACIUCN Executive Director

• Lisa Malcolm - ACIUCN Programs Manager

• Angela Newey - Director,  National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Taskforce, DCCEEW (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water)

• Fleur Downard - Chair, ACIUCN and Director, International Environment, Reef and Oceans Division, DCCEEW

This workshop continued the work of previous ACIUCN Biodiversity Workshops:  

June 2023 - Global Biodiversity Framework - Help Australia Meet Targets by 2030

October 2022 - ACIUCN Webinar - Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

November 2021 - Australia's priorities for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

March 2019 - Starting the conversation on Australia’s priorities for the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

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