Scoping studies

Through a literature review, this scoping study highlights knowledge gaps and existing approaches to reverse environmental degradation in sub-Sahara Africa, Southeast Asia and South Asia. It also identifies opportunities for further research and action to address those gaps and support proven, effective approaches to help people and nature thrive together in those regions.

Synergies between biodiversity and land degradation goals and reducing gender and intersectional inequalities cannot be presumed, they must be created and nurtured.This study explores intersectionality as a critical concept and tool to address social inequalities in research and actions to reverse environmental degradation. It explores the ways in which an intersectional approach has thus far been adopted and identifies areas that require further attention for meaningful equity in environmental degradation/restoration contexts.

The 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems is clear: biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history but declining less rapidly on land managed by Indigenous Peoples than on other lands.

Both poverty alleviation and ecosystem restoration currently sit high on international agendas. Though there are trade-offs in practice to achieving those goals. This scoping study provides an overview of the current research landscape on trade-offs between environmental restoration and poverty alleviation. It first outlines strengths and gaps in existing research and then identifies emerging issues and trends for future research and actions.