This week's video in our Desertification and Drought Day series highlights a land restoration success story from Costa Rica.
Costa Rica’s forests are starting to come back after the loss of almost 40% of forest cover about 4 decades ago. Policy and strategy changes together with collective community effort made is what made this forest revival possible. Stopping deforestation and restoring degraded lands helped extend the forest area to 48% of the country, securing livelihoods for local communities and nurturing biodiversity.
Today, there are more than 500,000 species of wildlife in Costa Rica, nearly 4% of the total number of species worldwide. Costa Rica is the host country of this year’s global observance of Desertification and Drought Day on 17 June and a world champion when it comes to green recovery
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