UPDATE AUGUST 20, 2026
WORKSHOP RECORDINGS
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ARCHIVED) INFORMATION SENT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:
Our first live workshop: Integrated Spatial Planning and Data Tools is on Tuesday, August 18, at 14:00 UTC. It runs for three hours, with live interpretation in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Tuesday 18 August, 14:00 to 17:00 UTC. That is 8:00 in Mexico, 11:00 in Brazil, 14:00 in Bamako and Abidjan, 16:00 in Maputo and Kigali, 17:00 in Antananarivo, and 21:00 to midnight in Hanoi and Phnom Penh.
Zoom Registration Link: ZOOM LINK
ONE PAGER. Download before the session: EN FR SP PT
What you will leave with
- One priority restoration area for your country, written on a single page: where it is, what evidence points to it, and who is affected by it.
- At least one source of evidence you can use to justify your priorities, whether spatial data, national maps, or local and traditional knowledge.
- A first instinct about what you would do in that area, which becomes your starting point for Section 3 of the Restoration Action Plan workbook when it opens on August 24.
The tools we will show you
A large part of this session is about the data and tools that help you decide where to restore.
We will introduce the UN Biodiversity Lab, a free online platform that brings together global and national spatial data, and demonstrate ELSA (Essential Life Support Areas), a mapping approach that turns a country’s own commitments into a map of where action would deliver most. The demonstration walks through one of the 20 ERIP countries, so you see how it works in a real context.
You do not need a GIS background, and you do not need to install anything.
ELSA layers do not exist for every country. Where they do, they are a useful input. Where they do not, national maps, field observation, and local and traditional knowledge are equally valid evidence for your plan. The session treats them that way.
How the three hours run
- A short expert session on integrated planning and spatial data, interpreted into your language.
- A working session in your language, in a small group, where you talk your priority area through with peers and draft your one-page statement.
- Time to share and hear what others across the ERIP countries are working on.
How to prepare
Come with one priority restoration area in mind, one area in your country you care about restoring. That is the only preparation that matters.
Working through Section 2 of your workbook is the natural way to arrive with that, since it walks you through exactly this: Workbook hub link
If your country has national restoration maps or ELSA layers, you are welcome to look beforehand, though it is not needed to take part.
If you cannot join live
The session is recorded and shared afterward, and completing it counts toward your certificate just as attending live does.
Questions about the workshop? Reply on this thread.