Announced on Tuesday, 13 December, 16:00 - 17:00 (EAT) / 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT)
Countries have promised to revive 1 billion hectares of land and coasts – an area larger than China. But where are the global restoration success stories? Watch the Virtual Announcement Gala to meet the UN’s first ten World Restoration Flagships – the most ambitious, promising, and inspirational examples of making peace with nature. The first World Restoration Flagships stretch across 23 countries and all ecosystems. Has your country joined the race to restoration? What will you restore?
Stream the Virtual Gala from here, and hear from our celebrity correspondents, experts, special musical acts, and restoration leaders straight from our planet’s frontiers of hope.
Participants include: Voices & incredible nature shots from the world’s frontiers of hope
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
- Dr. Jane Goodall, Primatologist and United Nations Messenger of Peace
- Jason Momoa, Actor, UN Environment Programme Advocate for Life Below Water Edward Norton, Actor, Conservationist, UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity
- Ellie Goulding, Singer & Songwriter, UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador
- Filipe Toledo, World Surf League Championship Tour Surfer and 2022 World Champion
- Frida Amani, Hip-Hop Artist, Environmentalist, Media Personality
- Massimo Bottura, Chef, Food Systems Activist, UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador
- Li Bingbing, Actress, UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador for China
- Sir Partha Dasgupta, Economist and UN Champion of the Earth
- Nimsdai Purja, UN Environment Programme Mountain Hero
- Gary Bencheghib, River activist and influencer
- A special announcement and music video by the band and restoration supporters Bastille
- A music video premiere by the musician, producer and humanitarian Julian Marley
Hosted by National Geographic presenter, wildlife filmmaker Malaika Vaz
Learn more here: https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/stories/meet-10-first-un-world-restoration-flagships
To submit your own events focused on ecosystem restoration or the UN Decade,click here.