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KSA National Greening Program

Saudi Arabia’s national restoration programme across rangelands, forests, deserts, urban and coastal ecosystems, including native wildlife reintroduction and water-efficient restoration.

Problem

Grassland and savanna loss, Land degradation and soil erosion

Place

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Organisations

Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia

Method

Dryland landscape restoration

Review state

EXTERNALLY VETTED

What the sources establish

1. The KSA National Greening Program is recognised by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as a World Restoration Flagship.

   externally reviewed · strong · external review — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — KSA National Greening Program

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration and other programme metrics are source-reported and are not silently converted into ecological outcome.

2. The UN profile reports 1,000,000 hectares under restoration and a 2,500,000 hectare restoration goal for 2030.

   source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — KSA National Greening Program

   Limitation: UN/implementer-reported project information; not independently measured by 4PLANET.

   Limitation: World Restoration Flagship status is external review, not 4PLANET verification.

   Limitation: Area under restoration and other programme metrics are source-reported and are not silently converted into ecological outcome.

What this record does not establish

4PLANET has not reviewed this project under its own method. No 4PLANET partnership, funding or verified ecological outcome is recorded.

Sources

• decadeonrestoration.org

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