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Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

Authored by Brad Czerniak
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The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM), produced by IUCN and the World Resources Institute, provides a flexible and affordable framework approach for countries to rapidly identify and analyse forest landscape restoration (FLR) potential and locate specific areas of opportunity at a national or sub-national level. ROAM can provide vital support to countries seeking to move forward with developing restoration programmes and landscape-level strategies.

A ROAM assessment can be undertaken by a small core assessment team through collaborative engagement with other experts and stakeholders and can deliver the following products:

  • Identified priority areas for restoration
  • A shortlist of the most relevant and feasible restoration intervention types across the assessment area
  • Quantified costs and benefits of each intervention type
  • Estimated values of additional carbon sequestered by these intervention types
  • Analysis of the finance and investment options for restoration in the assessment area
  • A diagnostic of restoration readiness and strategies for addressing major policy and institutional bottlenecks

By implementing ROAM, decision-makers and stakeholders can expect to deliver the following types of outcomes:

  • Better information for improved land-use decision-making
  • High-level political support for FLR Fundamental inputs to national strategies on FLR, REDD+, adaptation and biodiversity, among others, and for mutually reinforcing convergence between such strategies
  • A basis for better allocation of resources within restoration programmes
  • Engagement of and collaboration among key policy-makers and decision makers from different sectors, as well as other stakeholders with interests in how landscapes are managed
  • Shared understanding of FLR opportunities and the value of multifunctional landscapes
Resource Type
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Theme
Balancing Conservation and Development
Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Benefits
Organization
Forestry Commission of Great Britain
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Geography
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Lake Albert
Lake Edward
Lake Kivu
Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Turkana
Lake Victoria
Status
In Progress (Funded)
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