Dead planet, living planet

a continually changing world, including climate change

and land pressures. Changes in surrounding areas or in

the prevailing environmental conditions will influence

both the rate of recovery and ultimate restoration success.

Restoration needs to address a range of scales

from

intense hotspot restoration to large-scale restoration to

meet regional changes in land degradation. Degree of

biodiversity restored is often linked to quality of ser-

vices obtained and is intrinsically linked to successful

outcome.

Ensure that ecosystem restoration is implemented,

guided by experiences learned to date,

to ensure that

this tool is used appropriately and without unexpected

consequences, such as the unintended introduction of

invasive species and pests and sudden abandonment of

restoration targets in the process.

Apply ecosystem restoration

as an active policy option

for addressing challenges of health, water supply and

quality and wastewater management by improving water-

sheds and wetlands, enhancing natural filtration.

Apply ecosystem restoration

as an active policy option

for disaster prevention and mitigation from floods, tsuna-

mis, storms or drought. Coral reefs, mangroves, wetlands,

catchment forests and vegetation, marshes and natural ri-

parian vegetation provide some of the most efficient flood

and storm mitigation systems available and restoration of

these ecosystems should be a primary incentive in flood

risk and disaster mitigation planning.

Enhance further use of ecosystem restoration

as a

mean for carbon sequestration, adaptation to and miti-

gation of climate change. The restoration targets for se-

questration includes among other forests, wetlands, ma-

rine ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses and salt

marshes, and other land use practices.

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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