Healthy landscapes are the foundation for our societies. They provide food, water, clean air, stable climate, shelter, energy, livelihoods, life and meaning. Unfortunately, landscapes across the globe are degrading at a rapid rate.
We believe that landscape restoration offers tremendous untapped opportunities for sustainable economic development. Globally, about 2 billion hectares can be restored.
It is necessary. It is possible. We want to contribute to it.
And we know that in order to successfully do so, we need to combine forces and connect ecology and economy.
That’s why we have taken the initiative for this learning platform: to enable a global community of academics, practitioners, policy makers, environmental and business professionals to meet each other and to share and exchange their knowledge, expertise and first-hand experiences with landscape restoration.
Be part of the solution
Landscape stories
Read about different landscapes and their 4 returns approaches in practice.
Knowledge & tools
Find the resources you need for holistic landscape restoration
Meet, share and connect
Create your own profile, share your own cases and knowledge and connect to other global landscape restoration professionals.
Online course
22 hours to complete
beginners level
100% online
flexible deadlines
all in English
Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
Certificates available
Landscape stories
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.
Regional regeneration of Western Australia
Bringing back hope, thriving communities, biodiversity and sustainable, large-scale regenerative agriculture in Western Australia.
Restoring the landscape by building a movement
A story of how a 1 million hectares degraded landscape is undergoing a 20-year transformation.
4 Returns Community Events
As a growing 4 returns community we organize regular online and offline get togethers, webinars, expert practitioner meetings and more. Check out what we have planned over the coming 6 months. You are most welcome to join.
Restoration Evidence
Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK
Visit page →University of Western Australia – Centre for Social Impact
704, Level 7, Science Engineering Building (E8) UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Visit page →Restoring the landscape by building a movement
ALVELAL C/Mayor, 2 Huéscar, Granada Spain
Visit page →Opportunities for positive change through grazing management in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan
Naryn province, Jergetal Aiyl Aimak, Archaluu-Tor (place)
Visit page →Nature^Squared: Connecting Ecology & Economics
Valschermkade 16, 1059 CD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visit page →The Nature Conservancy India
37, Second Floor, Link Road, Lajpat Nagar Part III, New Delhi, Delhi – 110024
Visit page →The IKEA Foundation
Stichting IKEA Foundation (IKEA Foundation) P.O. Box 11134 2301 EC Leiden The Netherlands
Visit page →United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC)
UNFCCC secretariat UN Campus Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 53113 Bonn Germany
Visit page →United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCCD Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Visit page →World Business Council for Sustainable Development
MAISON DE LA PAIX Chemin Eugène-Rigot, 2B Case Postale 2075 CH-1211, Geneva 1
Visit page →Convention on Biological Diversity
413, Saint Jacques Street, suite 800 Montreal QC H2Y 1N9 Canada
Visit page →Society for Ecological Restoration
1133 15th St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20005 USA
Visit page →Grounded
The Bureaux Serviced Suites. Block A, Woodstock Exchange 66 Albert Road, Woodstock, 7915 Cape Town, South Africa
Visit page →Nova School of Business & Economics
Campus de Carcavelos, Rua da Holanda, n.1, 2775-405 Carcavelos, Portugal
Visit page →United Nations University Land Restoration Training Programme
KELDNAHOLT IS-112 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Visit page →Partnerships Resource Centre
Mandeville building Office: T4-22 Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Visit page →Rotterdam School of Management, Business & Society Management (RSM-BSM)
Mandeville Building Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 3062 PA, Rotterdam
Visit page →Where tradition and traceable products meet
Sky Plaza Business Centre, Embassy street -9, Khoroo-1 Sukhbaatar district Ulaanbaatar
Visit page →Collaborative landscape restoration after mining operation in Ghana
P.O. Box 62, Akim Oda, Ghana
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