Conference Proceedings
Restoration Dialogues: Inspiring, Innovating, and Designing Solutions for Scaling Landscape Restoration Through Policy Dialogues With a Focus on People-First, Peer-to-Peer Learning
Landscape restoration is key for India to meet its international climate and biodiversity commitments, as well as domestic targets for sustainable agriculture and improved livelihoods. This proceeding presents findings from the Restoration Dialogues in Bhopal, which identified policy barriers and scalable solutions for landscape restoration in Madhya Pradesh. Discussions highlighted the role of agroforestry and bamboo cultivation in enhancing rural livelihoods, building resilience, and mitigating climate risks.
This conference proceedings presents findings derived from global, national, and regional best practices and solutions on scaling landscape restoration initiatives in Madhya Pradesh. The document summarizes the discussions held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on September 19‒20, 2022 that aimed at identifying the key policy barriers that inhibit landscape restoration and how to overcome them. The discussions also focused on the role that restoration interventions like agroforestry and bamboo cultivation can play in enhancing rural livelihoods, building resilience, and mitigating climate risks.
