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Ecosystem restoration is the process of halting and overturning degradation, resulting in cleaner air and water, extreme weather mitigation, better human health, and recovered biodiversity, including improved pollination of plants. Restoration encompasses a wide continuum of practices, from reforestation to re-wetting peatlands and coral rehabilitation. unep.org This page is a topic overview for community agency networks (CANs) and community groups, featuring project ideas, collaboration opportunities and community resources.

  • News ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart, theguardian.com (Oct 10, 2024)
  • News Forest and water source restoration in Cameroon offering sustainable solutions, news.mongabay.com (Sep 16, 2024)
  • News How China’s most ‘futuristic’ city restored its mangroves, dialogue.earth (Jul 11, 2024)

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What is ecological restoration?
Authors: MortonArboretum, Sep 6, 2018

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Ecosystem Restoration Camps is a global movement of people creating an abundant earth 🌲🌴🌳

"We repair broken ecosystems together and, in doing so, provide humanity with hope and a better future. Our big goal is to have one million people come together by 2030 and restore degraded ecosystems in 100 camps around the world."[1]

Events[edit | edit source]

  • Event Mar 01, 2025 (Sat)World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
  • Event Mar 03, 2025 (Mon) — World Wildlife Day, Mar 3, annually, un.org

Resources[edit | edit source]

Books

  • Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes, resilience.org, March 2015

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Climate emergency

Actions that prevent, halt and reverse degradation are necessary to meet the Paris Agreement target of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius. Investments in agriculture, mangrove protection and water management will help adapt to climate change, with benefits around four times the original investment.

Ecological emergency

Restoration, if combined with stopping further conversion of natural ecosystems, may help avoid 60 percent of expected biodiversity extinctions.

Food security

Agroforestry alone has the potential to increase food security for 1.3 billion people.

SDGs

Ecosystem restoration contributes to the realization of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including health, clean water, and peace and security, and to the objectives of the three ‘Rio Conventions’ on Climate, Biodiversity, and Desertification. It can be highly efficient in producing multiple economic, social and ecological benefits concurrently.

Near you[edit | edit source]

The Kaipatiki Project, Auckland - Potawot forest restoration, California - Arcata Marsh saltwater marshes, California - Permaculture Demonstration Center in San Andres Huayapam, Mexico - Long Beach Greenbelt - Elephant Nature Park in Thailand - Pirque forest, Chile

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Authors Phil Green
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Created June 4, 2021 by Phil Green
Last modified October 24, 2024 by Phil Green
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