What we can do

Actions you can take to help Governments and businesses must deliver. But each one of us can help to protect and restore the land. Here are some things you can do.

Specific actions

• Raise awareness about ways to build back better with healthy land in your area: rate your community’s harmony with nature and propose solutions. For example, you can see the potential of the land on which you stand by using a mobile app such as LandPKS. Experts – such as associations of landscapers, land economists and agricultural university student chapters – can help their urban and rural communities to understand and increase the value of their land through better landscaping, restoration and community conservation projects. ü Be informed about the costs of the pollution generated by your everyday consumption; Support local economies and reduce unnecessary CO2 emissions caused by long-distance transportation of food and other consumables.
• Be an advocate for promoting sound policy for nature and economic recovery: write a letter urging local authorities to implement commitments on land restoration, drought resilience and land use planning; propose ‘pro-land’ projects to your city, such as increasing biodiversity in parks, beautifying and greening neighbourhoods, promoting local food, etc.; and join groups that cares about environment and flag the important role land plays in building back better.
• Start a project and involve environmentally conscious companies as your partner.
• Join the global movement of 10 actions for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
• Become one of the UNCCD Land Heroes.
• Join “Leave No Trace, Leave Green Trace” movement: Support the conservation of protected lands and participate in the land restoration activities.

Get involved. Involve others. Wherever you live and whatever you do, you can contribute to ecosystem restoration and a stronger recovery from the pandemic.

Every little gesture to raise awareness matters. You can also contribute by sharing the material prepared on the occasion of the International Day on your social networks.