Restoring landscapes to life.
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Healthy landscapes are the foundation of human well-being. We depend on them for food, water, clean air, energy, livelihood and meaning. Despite their importance, the world’s landscapes are degrading at an alarming rate. Globally, two billion hectares are waiting to be restored. The good news is…it can be done!
The 4 Returns Platform is an online community of practitioners, policy makers, academics and environmental and business professionals. We are combining forces to regenerate degraded land on a planetary scale. Working together, we can all profit from 4 returns: inspiration, social, natural and financial capital.
Let’s build the foundation of a different world.
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Landscape stories
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Landscape stories
Regreening Rotterdam with urban agroforestry
Transforming an old school yard into an abundant food forest.
Rehabilitating the Langkloof and Baviaanskloof catchments
A story of local organisations and communities rehabilitating Port Elizabeth’s water catchments.
Large-scale woodland restoration on a volcanic subarctic island
The highly degraded lowlands surrounding Mt. Hekla in Iceland are being restored back to a lush birch woodland ecosystem by the ambitious Hekluskógar restoration project.
Online course
22 hours to complete
beginners level
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Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
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