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.
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Landscape stories
Opportunities for positive change through grazing management in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan
Grazing Respond Index approach as a way to prevent pasture degradation and improve their condition in Kyrgyzstan.
Where tradition and traceable products meet
Nomadic herding husbandry has been the economic backbone of Mongolia for centuries, but is now contributing to severe landscape degradation across the Mongolian plateau due to recent increase in the number of livestock and unsustainable grazing practices.
Collaborative landscape restoration after mining operation in Ghana
A small scale fish farm in Ghana was established to feed the local community with quality fish stocks while at the same time restoring the landscapes ecological function that was left in a degraded state after mining operations.
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Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
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