The second edition of the Global Land Outlook (GLO2), Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience, sets out the rationale, enabling factors, and diverse pathways by which countries and communities can reduce and reverse land degradation by designing and implementing their bespoke land restoration agenda. Land restoration for recovery and resilience is about creating livelihood and development opportunities for people simply by changing the way we use and manage our land resources.
Contents:
PART ONE: LAND IN FOCUS 1
1.1 Earth in the Balance 2
1.1.1 Transforming Food Systems 5
1.1.2 Boosting Climate Action 8
1.2 People Front and Center 11
1.2.1 Rights-based Approaches 12
1.2.2 Land Governance, Tenure, and Planning 15
1.3 Place-based Restoration 18
1.3.1 Cities and Urban Areas 20
1.3.2 Urban-Rural Interface 23
1.3.3 Rural and Agricultural Landscapes 25
1.3.4 Natural Ecosystems 29
1.3.5 Protected Areas 32
1.4 Recovery and Resilience 35
1.4.1 Inclusive Green Recovery 36
1.4.2 One Health Approach 39
1.4.3 Disaster Risk Reduction 41

PART TWO: RESTORATION AROUND THE WORLD 57
2.1.1 Drought Preparedness and Risk Reduction 58
2.1.2 Floods, Wildfires, Sand and Dust Storms 62
2.2.1 Land Governance and Tenure Security 67
2.2.2 Integrated Land Use Planning 70
2.2.3 Gender-Responsive Restoration 74
2.2.4 Youth Engagement 77
2.2.5 Indigenous and Displaced Peoples 79
2.2.6 Sustainable Value Chains 81
2.3.1 Conservation and Protected Areas 86
2.3.2 Ecological Restoration and Rewilding 90
2.3.3 Forest Landscape Restoration 96
2.3.4 Nature-Positive Food Production 103
2.3.5 Sustainable Pastoralism 108
2.3.6 Urban Restoration 110
2.3.7 Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel 115

PART THREE: FRAMING THE LAND RESTORATION AGENDA 143
3.1 Partnerships and Cooperation 144
3.2 Global Scenarios and National Commitments 148
3.2.1 Looking into the Future 148
3.2.2 National Restoration Commitments 151
3.3 Land Restoration Pathways for Recovery and Resilience 152
3.3.1 Realigning Financial Capital 153
3.3.2 Building Human and Social Capital 159
3.3.3 Framework for Restoring Natural Capital

The second edition of the GLO (GLO2) and its Summary for decision makers was published on 27 April 2022, just before the UNCCD COP15 in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire. On this occasion, the current UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw stated: By restoring land, we restore life, restore our economies, restore our communities, and so much more. We cannot stop the climate crisis today, biodiversity loss tomorrow, and land degradation the day after. We need to tackle all these issues together.