What is the Restoration Academy?

The Restoration Academy is a flexible and interactive workshop format that connects on-the-ground restoration implementers to the global vision of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. It equips local actors with tailored knowledge, peer learning opportunities, and practical tools to scale up ecosystem restoration around the world.

Whether you're working in a community forest, a degraded wetland, or a dryland ecosystem — the Restoration Academy is here to support and amplify your impact.

Why host a Restoration Academy?

  • Empower your network: Bring restoration practitioners together to learn, share, and grow.
  • Widen your circle: Gather a diverse range of stakeholders and perspectives on restoration. 
  • Use proven tools: Access tested training modules, facilitation guides, and session templates.
  • Build community: Join a global alumni network of restoration champions.
  • Adapt it your way: Customize the format based on your region’s priorities and time.

 

Your Restoration Academy in action

Host your own Restoration Academy! Check out the short guides on Modules and Facilitation and get a first glimpse at the Spirit of the Restoration Academy. More detailed handbooks provide all you need to know about methods, modules and how to get started.

Visit the Restoration Academy Trello Board for all your resources and explore how the Academy has already brought together changemakers from Central America, Africa, India, and beyond.

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The Restoration Academy has been developed by a project Supporting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration which was implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and funded through the International Climate Initiative (IKI).
The information and documents reflect the opinions of the authors and consulted experts only and not necessarily those of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).