#GAIA2030 #GenerationRestoration
PROTECTING GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGN
September 2021 - August 2022
With over 100 member organisations in 81 countries, FEE is the world’s largest Environmental Education organisation. Through our five programmes, we strive to make a difference every day. Our programmes, Blue Flag, Eco-Schools, Green Key, Learning about Forests (LEAF) and Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE), use a solution-based approach to empower people to create a more environmentally conscious world.
To disseminate our principles and encourage communities to take an active part in supporting and preserving our natural environment, we launch a large Biodiversity Campaign, encompassing a set of activities targeted at different stakeholders to emphasise the importance of protecting global biodiversity and ecosystems. The campaign is led by the LEAF programme, and is open to the entire FEE network, Blue Flag, Eco-Schools, Green Key, LEAF and YRE.
Together, we can change the world!
Campaign Objectives
Mobilise action on GAIA 20:30 Biodiversity goals;
Raise awareness on biodiversity issues;
Collect, co-create and disseminate resources on biodiversity.
GAIA 20:30 Biodiversity Sub-Goals:
Preserving existing and creating new forests or natural areas, e.g. school gardens, parks, green neighbourhoods, etc.;
Promoting sustainable management of the coastal zone;
Combatting pollinator and insect loss;
Raising awareness of and supporting actions to remove invasive alien species.
UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
We align our campaign to the UN Decade’s goals and vision and we strive to support and help implement #GenerationRestoration:
Empowering a global movement through engagement
Restoration on the ground through the implementation of actions
Setting the right incentives for a healthier environment for people
Celebrating leadership through action and awards
Changing behaviours through caring and connecting with nature
Research through our Global Action Days
Building capacity of educators and practitioners through training
Celebrating a culture of restoration through campaign activities
Building up the next generation through our ESD youth programmes
Listening and learning through new partnerships and engagement
Supporting the SDGs
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by the United Nations, present a plan for peace and prosperity for both people and the planet, starting today and leading in the future. All assorted activities presented in this package contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in different ways. The following are directly supported: Quality Education (Goal 4), Climate Action (Goal 13), Life Below Water (Goal 14), Life above Land (Goal 15).