Summary/Abstract
The workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and the Bonn Challenge in Eastern and South-East Europe took place on 16 and 17 December 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was attended by 40 participants, including government representatives from Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, Croatia, Republic of Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Germany, Ukraine, Slovenia, Republic of North Macedonia, Turkey and the Czech Republic.
During the workshop, country representatives were provided with an in-depth information on how to make a pledge towards the Bonn Challenge, and how to finance and report its implementation. Attendees were asked to provide input for the upcoming study on forest landscape restoration in the region by identifying core degradation issues in their respective countries, as well as the existing and potential mechanisms for addressing those issues.