4PLANET IMPACT / PROJECT

Shan-Shui Initiative

China-wide landscape and watershed restoration programme integrating natural, agricultural and urban systems across large-scale projects.

Problem: Habitat destruction, Land degradation and soil erosion
Place: China
Organisations: Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China
Method: Integrated landscape and watershed restoration
Review state: EXTERNALLY VETTED

What the sources establish

The Shan-Shui Initiative 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 — Shan-Shui Initiative
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.
The UN profile reports 2,000,000 hectares under restoration and a 10,000,000 hectare restoration goal for 2030.
source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Shan-Shui Initiative
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.

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

Official programme information: decadeonrestoration.org. This is an information link, not a 4PLANET contribution or partnership.