The Restoration Initiative (TRI) unites three Global Environment Facility agencies – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – to restore degraded landscapes in nine African and Asian countries in support of the Bonn Challenge. Since 2018, this program has been working towards the restoration of mangroves, arid lands and tropical forests in alignment with global goals for climate, biodiversity, and desertification.

Canada was one of the founding members of the Global Environment Facility, whose creation in 1991 provided the financial means for developing countries to take action on biodiversity, climate change, pollution, ocean health, and the ozone layer.

In the three decades since, Canada’s influence at the GEF has grown, as has its remit to address toxic chemicals, support more sustainable cities and food systems, improve the management of forests and waterways, and build a more resilient future, even in the most vulnerable places on Earth.