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In line with the key theme of the 2022 HLPF, this side event will highlight the role of the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will discuss contributions to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The restoration of ecosystems is key to achieving SDGs 14 and 15, while partnership development under SDG 17 is needed to accelerate building back better toward sustainable societies. Restoring humanity’s relationship with nature is urgently needed to achieve a green and healthy recovery from COVID-19 and to build back better – which is the focus of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
The event will focus on the roles of local actions and partnerships in landscape and seascape approaches to ecosystem restoration, promoting the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in an inclusive and effective manner. The Satoyama Initiative is a global effort that works to advance the concept of “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes” (SEPLS) for nature and human well-being. Its main implementing mechanism, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), was established in 2010 during the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 10), and now consists of nearly 300 governmental, NGO, academic, private sector, and other member organisations. Its core vision is to realize societies in harmony with nature, built on positive human-nature relationships. Building on the successful side events of the last two years, this year’s event will feature voices from both high-level experts and in-the-field practitioners to amplify their diverse knowledge and experiences, particularly on the role of SEPLS in building back better from COVID-19.
