Ecosystem restoration has been gaining ground, notably since the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in 2019. Several principles and standards exist for restoration. While these may refer to "stakeholder engagement", they remain extremely weak and insufficient to guide practitioners when it comes to truly, effectively and equitably collaborating with Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LCs) to define, agree and collaborate on ecosystem restoration initiatives. Through the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) we have been exploring good practices for restoration and IP&LCs from planning, through to implementation and securing positive outcomes. In this workshop we will discuss the good practices identified through our work using illustrative case studies.
a) duration: 90 min., b) goal: integration of IP&LCs in large-scale ecosystem restoration practice being promoted under the various global targets; and c) expected outcomes: shared understanding of good practices in IP&LCs and ecosystem restoration.