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Regreening the desert with John D. Liu | VPRO Documentary | 2012

For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has been working on his worldwide mission to green deserts and to restore biodiversity. It all started in 1995 when Liu filmed the Loess-plateau in China. He witnessed a local population who turned an area of almost the same size as The Netherlands from a dry, exhausted wasteland into one green oasis. This experience changed his life. From that moment on, Liu has been travelling all over the world to convince and inspire government leaders, policy-makers and farmers with his film material and knowledge. Liu diligently spreads the message that restoration of ecosystems is not only possible, but also economically very meaningful. Backlight accompanies Liu on his mission in Jordan and shows on the basis of Liu’s own film material that a green future is possible worldwide. Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2012. © VPRO Backlight April 2012

#video #hope #hope for the planet #regreening #restoring ecosystems #desertification #and how to reverse it #climate change #carbon sequestration #I wish they'd mentioned (neo-)colonialism as a source for ecosystem degradation and famine tho #and not gone into that so-called overpopulation stuff #at least that one guy corrects it but still

The need for restoration.

The ecosystems of Europe have been exposed to people for more than 40,000 years. The land once provided vital resources to those who settled it. Food, water and raw materials that could be harnessed by human ingenuity were all plentiful. Then, human populations started to expand. Villages became towns and towns became cities. Borders were drawn, walls were erected and dams were built. Many sources of fresh water on the continent have become overused and their water polluted. Forest fires, once suppressed by the grazing activities of native species, have started becoming more common. Supplies of fresh fish, once so plentiful, have become depleted.

The Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration: An Analysis of Five European Restoration Initiatives report, released today, reveals how negative circumstances like these are being countered in five European locations by the coordinated efforts of governments, organisations and local communities. Each location faces its own challenges, but the tactics being employed in the five restoration projects are similar. More importantly, they are working.

The key philosophy guiding the projects is that repairing ecosystems can restore them to a point where they can provide many of the vital resources to humanity that they did long ago, while simultaneously improving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Crucially, the projects work on the assumption that, once functioning ecosystems begin providing benefits again, this will create an incentive for people in the region to nurture and protect these ecosystems from becoming damaged in the future.

Eleven Lessons Learned from an Analysis of Five European Restoration Initiatives.

#environment #biodiversity loss #native species #ecosystem services #restoring ecosystems #ecosystem restoration #repair ecosystems #natural resources #ecosytem restoration

Inspiring ... remove the cattle and “let it be.”

#rewilding #Hart Mountain #Hart Mountain Oregon #restoring ecosystems

International Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Ecosystem restoration is a global undertaking at massive scale. It means repairing billions of hectares of land – an area greater than China or the USA – so that people have access to food, clean water and jobs. It means bringing back plants and animals from the brink of extinction, from the peaks of mountains to the depths of the sea. But it also includes the many small actions everyone can take, every day: growing trees, greening our cities, rewilding our gardens or cleaning up trash alongside rivers and coasts.

Restoring ecosystems carries substantial benefits for people. For every dollar invested in restoration, at least seven to thirty dollars in returns for society can be expected. Restoration also creates jobs in rural areas where they are most needed.

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From the creation of the Cleveland Metroparks to smaller wonders, Northeast Ohio has some shining examples of restoring natural function to the land. Ecological restoration is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action. Below are examples...