1. This Regulation lays down rules to contribute to:
(a)
the long-term and sustained recovery of biodiverse and resilient ecosystems across the Member States’ land and sea areas through the restoration of degraded ecosystems;
(b)
achieving the Union’s overarching objectives concerning climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and land degradation neutrality;
(c)
enhancing food security;
(d)
meeting the Union’s international commitments.
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place effective and area-based restoration measures with the aim to jointly cover, as a Union target, throughout the areas and ecosystems within the scope of this Regulation, at least 20 % of land areas and at least 20 % of sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.