Abstract:

Young people all over the world participate in both policy and action to avoid, minimize and reverse land and ecosystem degradation. The youth make their voice heard on multiple restoration policy platforms and by taking action on themes such as climate change and biodiversity. But their ability to act as agents of change in restoration is influenced by their geographical, biophysical and socio-economical setting, which in turn affect their access to education, knowledge, skills, land, funding required to engage in meaningful land restoration.