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   * **Reclamation** aims to recover productivity (but little of the original biodiversity) at a degraded site. In time, the protective function and many of the original * ecological services may be re-established. Reclamation is often done with exotic species but may also involve native species. (WWF/IUCN 2000) n.b. Reclamation is also used for creating new land from the sea, the polders (WF).   * **Reclamation** aims to recover productivity (but little of the original biodiversity) at a degraded site. In time, the protective function and many of the original * ecological services may be re-established. Reclamation is often done with exotic species but may also involve native species. (WWF/IUCN 2000) n.b. Reclamation is also used for creating new land from the sea, the polders (WF).
   * **Recovery of a habitat** is linked to the ecological succession of a site. That is the site returning naturally to the state in which it had been before being degraded or destroyed without any intervention from humans (CFIOR websites).   * **Recovery of a habitat** is linked to the ecological succession of a site. That is the site returning naturally to the state in which it had been before being degraded or destroyed without any intervention from humans (CFIOR websites).
-  * **Ecosystem gardening** is a practise developed at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary for gathering, propagating and distributing endangered species and to create their respective microclimates with the aim of full biodiversity for tropical ecosystems with high feature diversity and endemism. For this purpose indigenous women are trained to become ecosystem gardeners. In the future they aim to become a parataxonomy and ecosystem gardening training center.+  * **Ecosystem gardening** is a practise developed at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary for gathering, propagating and distributing endangered species and to create their respective microclimates with the aim of full biodiversity for tropical ecosystems with high levels of feature diversity and endemism. For this purpose indigenous women are trained to become ecosystem gardeners. In the future they aim to become a parataxonomy and ecosystem gardening training center.
  
-=== Landscapes: ===+=== Landscapes and initiatives: ===
  
   * the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Kerala, India > high biodiversity ecosystem restoration with a focus on endangered species   * the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Kerala, India > high biodiversity ecosystem restoration with a focus on endangered species
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   * Masarang Foundation, Kalimantan, Indonesia > combining ecosystem restoration and crops   * Masarang Foundation, Kalimantan, Indonesia > combining ecosystem restoration and crops
   * Baviaanskloof, South Africa >    * Baviaanskloof, South Africa > 
-  * Tompkins Conservation, Argentina, Chili+  * [[http://tompkinsconservation.org/home.htm|Tompkins Conservation]], Argentina, Chili
   * Las Gaviotas, Colombia >    * Las Gaviotas, Colombia > 
   * Banten Bay, Indonesia > mangroves   * Banten Bay, Indonesia > mangroves
 +  * [[http://www.pleistocenepark.ru|Pleistocene Park]], Russia steppe
 +  * Jamaica Bay > [[http://www.biohabitats.com/projects/jamaica-bay-ecosystem-restoration-pilots/|Bay ecosystem restoration]]
 +  * Los Angeles River> [[http://grist.org/news/so-much-hope-and-so-many-problems-for-the-l-a-river/|Restoring wetlands]]
 +  * [[http://csrwire.sharedby.co/share/H9TVC7|Restore the Earth Foundation]]
 +  * [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aquatic-Ecosystem-Restoration-Foundation/112961218773688|Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation]] facebook
 +  * Gunter Pauli [[http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/gunter-pauli |reforesting]] the sea around Bonaire see also [[printed Reef]]
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 +=== Networks and databases: ===
 +
 +  * [[http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org|Global Restoration Network]]
 +  * [[https://www.wocat.net/en/about-wocat.html|WOCAT]] World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
 +  * [[http://www.waswac.org/|WASWC]] World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
 +  * [[http://www.forestlandscaperestoration.org/|The Global Partnership on Forest and landscape restoration]]
 +
 +=== Rewilding: ===
 +
 +  * [[http://www.rewildingeurope.com/|Rewilding Europe]] aims to create 10 large European wilderness zones.
 +  * [[http://www.alansblog.org.uk/|Trees for Life program]] by Alan Watson Featherstone in Scotland. In this program areas are protected against overgrazing and are left to 'rewild' without much human interference. In Alan's experience this works better than repopulating with with introduced tree-saplings, plants and wildlife.
 +  * [[http://www.panparks.org/|Pan Parks foundation]] 240 thousand hectares
 +  * [[
 +http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/black_sea_basin/danube_carpathian/blue_river_green_mtn/|WWF]] 1 million hectares
 +  * [[http://www.wildeurope.org/old_website/|Wild Europe]] creating wildlife corridors at European scale
 +
  
 === Funding === === Funding ===
  
 +  * [[http://ecosystemreturn.wordpress.com|Ecosystem Return Foundation]] by Willem Ferwerda
   * Natural Resilience   * Natural Resilience
   * Conservation Finance Alliance   * Conservation Finance Alliance
  
-=== Natural Resilience === 
  
-Willem Ferwerda, [[http://www.permaculturenews.org/files/Natural_Resilience_Initiative.pdf|Natural Resilience PDF]] Netherlandsan initiative to create Ecosystem Restoration Partnerships between the private sector, NGO'slocal people, farmers and ecologists to restore 200 million hectares for which a budget of 450 billion Euro spread over 20 years.+=== University programs === 
 + 
 +  * http://www.erie.buffalo.edu/REU.php 
 + 
 +=== Media === 
 + 
 +  * [[http://www.whatifwechange.org/index.php#/intro|What If We Change]] 
 +  * [[http://www.alisonhawthornedeming.com/|Alison Hawthorn Deming]] poetryiaw[[http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/|Andrews Experimental Forest]], Long Term Ecological Reflections 
  
 === Conservation Trust Funds === === Conservation Trust Funds ===
  
   * the Madagascar Biodiversity Fund > Established in 2005 and governed by an independent Board of Trustees, it now has a capital base of $50 million. The Fund is dispersing funds to protected areas across the country including both the national parks and, more recently, the new protected areas under management by NGOs and others. The Fund is also committed to increasing its capital base to ensure it can support increasing conservation needs for the long-term.   * the Madagascar Biodiversity Fund > Established in 2005 and governed by an independent Board of Trustees, it now has a capital base of $50 million. The Fund is dispersing funds to protected areas across the country including both the national parks and, more recently, the new protected areas under management by NGOs and others. The Fund is also committed to increasing its capital base to ensure it can support increasing conservation needs for the long-term.
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