The Global Biodiversity Framework's ecosystem restoration target requires more clarity and careful legal interpretation

Affiliations

• ¹ TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. j.bell-james@law.uq.edu.au.
• ² Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. j.bell-james@law.uq.edu.au.
• ³ TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• ⁴ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• ⁵ Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• ⁶ School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• ⁷ Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
• ⁸ Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia.
• ⁹ Ocean Conservation, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• ¹⁰ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• ¹¹ Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• ¹² The Nature Conservancy, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
• ¹³ School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
• ¹⁴ School of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.