These Standards of practice build on and support restoration principles, standards, and other guidance developed for specific biomes and restoration approaches (e.g. ecological restoration, landscape restoration, nature- based solutions; see list in the appendix). As such, the Standards of practice can assist in revision of existing guidance to align with the principles and recommendations for ecosystem restoration under the UN Decade. In addition, the Standards of practice can facilitate the development of new local, biome-, approach- or sector-based guidance that may be needed in the future and support the development of a robust ecosystem restoration profession, as ecosystem restoration is scaled up across the globe.