The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity joins the international community in amplifying the call for everyone to contribute to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Photo taken in Khao Yai National Park, a designated ASEAN Heritage Park in Thailand. LAGUNA, Jan. 9 -- This year marks the beginning of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which is aimed at preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean while helping to end poverty, combat climate change, and prevent mass extinction. The United Nations General Assembly on 1 March 2019 proclaimed the period between 2021 and 2030 as such amidst the loss of nature that is happening at an unprecedented rate worldwide.