Project Name
Leveraging Synergies from integrative land-biodiversity-climate action for improving monitoring, reporting, and investments into sustainable agri-food system transformations in Central Asia

The proposed study will seek to address the following mutually supportive set of specific questions, which will be discussed with the relevant national government organizations and policy makers during the launch of the study for ground-validation and fine-tuning, such as the extent and costs of land degradation in Central Asia and land degradation hotspots, as well as total financing needs and current funding gaps for restoring degraded lands in Central Asia, including under the national commitments for land restoration in LDN, NDC, NBSAP/GBF and Bonn Challenge action agendas. The project aims to identify degraded locations provide the highest returns for land restoration investments. The projects also aims to evaluate how the costs and benefits from the current segmented approach to land restoration compare with the costs and benefits of nationally coordinated planning and implementation.