4PLANET IMPACT / PROJECT

Restoring Mediterranean Forests

Multi-country forest restoration and management initiative across Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Türkiye, with a stronger emphasis on preventing degradation and fire impacts.

Problem

Forest degradation

Place

Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye

Organisations

FAO Silva Mediterranea

Method

Fire-resilient forest restoration

Review state

EXTERNALLY VETTED

What the sources establish

1. Restoring Mediterranean Forests 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 — Restoring Mediterranean Forests

   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 is a source-reported programme metric and is not silently converted into ecological outcome.

2. The UN profile reports 2,279,790 hectares under restoration and a 8,000,000 hectare restoration goal for 2030.

   source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Restoring Mediterranean Forests

   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 is a source-reported programme metric and is 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

• hub.decadeonrestoration.org

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