The post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) is the new framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that will guide interventions to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services for the next 3 decades. In this article, we discuss the science behind the GBF related to terrestrial ecosystem restoration and conclude by commenting on the state of play of negotiations and what might be expected at the upcoming CBD COP-15 in December 2022.
