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PREFACE
SUMMARY
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
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
GLOSSARY
ACRONYMS
CONTRIBUTORS
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CONTENTS
Improve food security through ecosystem restoration.
Given the significance of food production and its relations
to biodiversity and ecosystems loss, expanded recommen-
dations are presented:
Strengthen natural pest control: Restoration of field
edges, crop diversity and wild crop relatives, forests and
wetlands is a tool for improving natural weed, pest and
disease control in agricultural production. This should
be combined with biological control including establish-
ment and facilitation of natural predator host plants and
insects, enzymes, mites or natural pathogens.
Improve and restore soil fertility: Research and Develop-
ment funds into agriculture should become a primary
investment source for financing restoration of lost and
degraded soils, improve soil fertility and water catch-
ment capacity, by investing in small-scale eco-agricul-
tural, agro-forestry- and intercropping systems
Support more diversified and resilient agricultural systems
that provide critical ecosystem services (water supply and
regulation, habitat for wild plants and animals, genetic di-
versity, pollination, pest control, climate regulation), as well
as adequate food to meet local and consumer needs. This
includes managing extreme rainfall and using inter-crop-
ping to minimize dependency on external inputs like artifi-
cial fertilizers, pesticides and blue irrigation water. Support
should also be provided for the development and imple-
mentation of green technology for small-scale farmers.
Improve irrigation systems and reduce evapo-transpira-
tion in intercropping and green technology irrigation or
rainfall capture systems.
Improve water supply and quality and wastewater man-
agement in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas through
restoration of field edges, riparian zones, forest cover in
catchments, extent of green areas and wetland restoration.
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