Sustainable Nitrogen Management for Ecosystem Restoration Webinar

The UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub is proud to help raise awareness on Sustainable Nitrogen Management at the upcoming Nutrients and Ecosystems Restoration Webinar, hosted by the Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan and UNEP. The webinar will take place on the 4th of June from 13:30 – 15:30 East Africa Time/ EEST (11:30 UK, 12:30 CEST, 15:00 Afghanistan, 15:30 Maldives/Pakistan, 16:00 India/ Sri Lanka, 16:15 Nepal, 16:30 Bangladesh/Bhutan).

The United Nations General Assembly has declared the years 2021 through 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations together with the support of partners, it is designed to prevent, halt, and reverse the loss and degradation of ecosystems worldwide. It aims at reviving hundreds of millions of hectares, covering terrestrial as well as aquatic ecosystems. A global call to action, the UN Decade draws together political support, scientific research, and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration. Using the hashtag #GenerationRestoration, the UN Decade is galvanizing a global movement, in which everyone can contribute to the mission. Visit the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration website to learn more.

Meeting these goals in parallel depends on awareness of efficient N management, increased Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in food production, and thereby decreasing the surplus N and its release to the environment. The UNEA-4 “Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management” recommends action on N for protecting air and water quality, biodiversity, food sustainability and post-COVID economic recovery. Recently the UN member states endorsed a roadmap for actions needed to tackle N challenges and adopted the Colombo Declaration with aim to ‘halve nitrogen waste’ from all sources. This initiative can save US$100 billion annually.

Taking the pride in hosting the WED-2021, the Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan aims at spreading awareness on Sustainable Nitrogen Management and Ecosystem Restoration, in collaboration with UNEP, SANH, INI, GPNM, INMS and UAF has organized a virtual event on 4th June 2021 following the closure of 8th Global Nitrogen Conference (INI-8) preceding the 2021 World Environment DAY (5th June 2021).
 
Registration for the Webinar is now open:
https://www.unep.org/events/webinar/sustainable-nitrogen-management-ecosystem-restoration