Dead planet, living planet : biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development : a rapid response assessment /
This rapid response assessment delineates case studies that have successfully implemented ecological restoration projects that range in scope from agriculture to health and waste water management. This report chronicles these projects from inception to design to application. It ultimately proposes f...
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Nairobi, Kenya :
United Nations Environment Programme,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : ecosystem services
- Global landuse change and scenarios of biodiversity loss
- Ecosystem restoration for biodiversity conservation. A focus on forests
- Ecosystem restoration for water supply
- Ecosystem restoration for health and waste water management
- Ecosystem restoration for food security
- Ecosystem restoration for climate change mitigation
- Ecosystem restoration for disaster prevention and mitigation
- The financial benefits of ecosystem restoration : green economy. Restoration and recovery of eroded and overgrazed arid-grass and shrublands
- Ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation : lessons learnt
- Restoration of a depleted crayfish fishery in Europe : lessons learnt.