A panoramic photo of Potato Harbor, an oblong cove on the western side of Santa Cruz Island, California in National Park Service land, viewed from the cliffs above. Channel Islands National Park. Deep within the saturated blues of the Pacific Ocean, seals ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) supports projects that reintroduce wild horses to these fragile ecosystems. One of them is the Altyn Dala Initiative in Kazakhstan, which has been recognized as a World Restoration Flagship under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

Re-establishing plantings of trees, grasses and other vegetation is essential for restoring degraded ecosystems, but a new survey of almost 2,600 restoration projects from nearly every type of ecosystem on Earth finds that most projects fail to recognize ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves eliminating or modifying causes of ecological ...

The loko i’a system of native fishponds in Hawai‘i has for generations provided sustenance to Indigenous communities, supported fish populations in surrounding waters, and generally improved water quality. These benefits, long understood by native ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An East Nashville nonprofit has planted seeds to restore pollinators in the area. Neighbors for Native Plant Conservation has worked to maintain and restore Tennessee plants and the ecosystems associated with them. “The ...

Desertification is accelerating under climate change, threatening biodiversity, food security, and human wellbeing across the Mediterranean Basin, southern Europe, and the Middle East. Water scarcity and land degradation reduce carbon sequestration ...